Exclusive survey: Buyers of ingredients are leaning clean, natural
With new products under development, dairy processors are lining up ingredients and suppliers. Here’s an exclusive look at how they buy and their sourcing strategies.
America’s dairy processors are planning to develop an average of seven new products in the next 12 months. While most say this is no different than in past years, 47% said this represents an increase, according to an exclusive new survey by Dairy Foods. (The median number of new products planned is five.)
Most (71%) of the dairy processors we surveyed plan to increase their spending on ingredients in 2018. A majority say they will spend more on non-GMO (56%), natural/organic (53%) and organic-certified (52%) ingredients.