title: Food demands of the emerging consumer: the role of modern food technology in meeting that challenge.
abstract: Traditionally, the food industry has not been driven by technology. However, over the past decade, enormous changes have been introduced because of the changing demographics and evolving lifestyle of the consumer; the public health policies driving these lifestyle alterations; the growing fitness food market, which is a consequence of these changes; and the new aggressive posture taken by the food industry toward use of innovative technologies to satisfy consumer needs. This review is a brief description of the newer, nonbiotechnological food-science approaches that provide an unprecedented array of novel products to satisfy consumer preferences. These include engineered foods, aseptic processing, extrusion, hydroponics, intermediate-moisture foods, microencapsulation, supercritical-fluids extraction, and ingredient technology. Included under the last category is a brief description of fat substitutes that are likely to have a significant effect on the American diet.
authors.affiliation: Nabisco Foods Group, East Hanover, NJ 07936.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004339:Drug Compounding; D005524:Food Technology / Q000639:trends*; D005525:Food-Processing Industry / Q000639:trends*; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011153:Population; D011640:Public Policy; D013242:Sterilization; D014481:United States