Growing consumer demand for natural and clean-label products has sparked a movement in the food industry. Specialty and organic retailers are on the rise and mainstream retailers are putting more natural and organic products on the shelf.
Over eight in ten (82%) of U.S. adult consumers buy organic products at least occasionally (based on January-March 2017 usage), according to a report by the Hartman Group, Bellevue, Wash. The growing clean-eating movement has brought increasing cultural focus on an assortment of food categories, notably local and artisan products, said the report.