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Market Trends: Low Sodium Foods
Is sodium the next "low" frontier?
For many years scientists and nutritionists have debated the health impact of
too much salt in the diet, and a consensus is now emerging that high sodium
intake can indeed have harmful effects, particular on the heart and blood
pressure. Formulating and promoting low sodium foods is not a new phenomenon -
the low sodium label graces many soups, cereals and packaged meats - but the
warnings from health professionals and the ever-changing diet concerns of the
American consumer may elevate low sodium to a status equal to that of low fat,
carbs and sugar.
This new Packaged Facts reports examines the market for low sodium foods and
beverages, examining a wide variety of product categories and marketers
(including Campbell, PepsiCo., Kraft/Nabsico, Conagra (Healthy Choice), General
Mills (Progresso)), and the impact these efforts will have on the consumer and
marketplace.
Introducing Market Trends
Market Trends is the latest product line from Packaged Facts. These timely,
compact reports offer insight and analysis into new product trends, demographic
shifts, and consumer behaviors that affect the food, beverage and consumer goods
industries.
Report Methodology
The information in Market Trends: Low Sodium Foods and Beverages is based on
both primary and secondary research. Primary research involved consumer
interviews, onsite examinations of the retail en interviews with marketing,
public relations and industry analysts within the food industry and consultants
to the industry. Secondary research entailed data-gathering from relevant trade,
business, and government sources, including company literature. The analysis of
consumer demographics derives from Simmons Market Research Bureau survey data
for fall 2003.
What Youfll Get in this Report
Market Trends: Low Sodium Foods and Beverages offers unique perspective on
the growing evidence that high sodium intake can lead to heart disease - and the
impact that will have on the marketplace. No other market research report
provides the analysis and trends coverage that Low Sodium Foods and Beverages
offers. Plus, youfll benefit from extensive data, presented in easy-to-read
and practical charts, tables and graphs.
How You Will Benefit from this Report
If your company wants to understand and get ahead of what could be the next
gbigh diet and health trend, you will find this report invaluable, as it
provides a comprehensive package of information and insight not offered in any
other single source. You will gain a thorough understanding of the factors that
influence the development of this market.
This report will help:
- Marketing Managers identify market opportunities and develop targeted
promotion plans for new products and ingredients.
- Research and development professionals stay on top of competitor
initiatives and explore demand for low sodium product introductions.
- Advertising agencies working with clients in the food industry to help
understand the product buyer to develop messages and images that compel
consumers to purchase these products.
- Business development executives understand the dynamics of the market and
identify possible partnerships.
- Information and research center librarians provide market researchers,
brand and product managers and other colleagues with the vital information
they need to do their jobs more effectively.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Executive Summary
- Scope and Methodology
- Scope of Report
- Reduced Sodium Products
- Report Methodology
- Sodium Substitutes
Chapter 2: The Market
- Current State Of The Overall Weight-Loss/Health-Oriented Market
- Types of Products by Claim
- Sodium-Free
- Reduced Sodium
- Federal Regulation
- Heart Disease and Hypertension
- The Market For Reduced Sodium Foods/Beverages
- Methodology For Sales Estimates
- Table: Estimated U.S. Sales Of Reduced Sodium Foods, 2003-2008
- Food/Beverage Segments Constituting Reduced/Low Sodium Products
- Processed/Refrigerated Meats (hot dogs, deli meats, cheese)
- Soups
- Prepared Meals
- Cereals
- Food Bars
- Snack Foods
- Seasonings (e.g., Mrs. Dash)
- Sauces/Gravies
- Salad Dressing
- Beverages
- The Low-Sodium Consumer
- Low-/No-Sodium And The Overall Food Industry
- Purchasing Patterns Of The gLow-Sodiumh Consumer
- Use Of Sodium Substitutes: Overview
- Health Attitudes and Eating Habits
- Factors To Future Growth
- Foodservice Changes May Affect Retail Developments
- UK Marketers Take More Aggressive Stance - Will That Affect the U.S.
Market?
- NAS Recommendation to Reduce Sodium Intake
- Awareness of Hypertension/Sodium Connection Could Fuel Growth
- Childhood Obesity Focuses New Attention On High-Sodium Products
- Taste is An Issue
Chapter 3: The Competitive Situation
- Tables: Top Marketers of Reduced Sodium/Sodium Free Products By Segment
- Competitive Profiles:
- Campbell/Swanson
- Kraft (Nabisco)
- Frito-Lay
- ConAgra
- Morton
- Hormel
- Oscar Meyer (Kraft)
- Louis Rich
- Heinz (College Inn)
- Lipton (dried soup, Wishbone salad dressing)
- Atkins
- Hain
- Marketing Trends
- Figure: New Product Trends Comparison?No-/Low-fat, No-/Low-Sugar And
- No-/Low-Sodium
- Is There A Low-/No-Sodium Bandwagon?
- Retailers Showing Interest In Low-Sodium Lines
- Educating the Consumer
- Pricing Sodium-Free Products
- Advertising and Promotion Trends
- New Product Trends
- New Product Introductions
- Tables: New Reduced Sodium/Sodium Free Products, 2003-2004
Chapter 4: Low-/No-Sodium Products And The Overall Food Industry
- Overall Impact On The Retail Food Industry
- NAS Recommendations Could Spur Wave of Product Reformulations
- Is Low-/No-Sodium A Selling Point?
- Americans Love Their Saltc
- But Can Sodium Substitutes Compensate for Taste?
- gHealthh Products Benefit From Improved Formulations
- Foodservice Response to Sodium Warnings
- Sodium-Free Products ?The Future
