China is set to break the 50,000 mark for foreign fast food outlets this year. This is a rise from 48,477 fast food outlets in 2011 and 36,037 in 2006. Study also reveals 44 percent of Chinese consumers...

Australasia was the most visited region worldwide for Chinese middle class consumers. A new report from Mintel reveals that 40% of all the Chinese middle class population holidayed in Australasia in 2011. ...

New data from Mintel’s Global New Products Database (GNPD), has found that, for 2011, the “most frequent health-focused on-package claim” for new products in the American food and beverage industry...

The latest beer research from global market researcher Mintel shows that China’s taste for beer has increased significantly in the last five years. China’s beer market reached an all-time peak with...

New research, published this week by market research company Mintel, has found that for the first time, in 2011, the proportion of private label food and beverage product launches overtook branded food...

After the recent detection of mad cow disease in California, combined with bad press that has been looming over the US beef industry from ‘pink slime’, chicken might be making a resurgence...

New research about snackfoods and consumers’ snack food choices, ‘Healthy Snackers’, was released in the U.S on 2 February, 2012 by Mintel Research. Mintel defined a “healthy snacker” as one...

In the December 2011 issue of Food Technology magazine, published by the US-based Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), contributing Editor A. Elizabeth Sloan writes about the latest whole grain trends...

Consumer concerns surrounding health issues such as obesity are giving the confectionery markets a challenging time in the EU, where sales of sugar and gum confectionery have remained stagnant over the...

A London-based market research company has outlined four trends that it believes will shape the way foodservice operators develop menu options during 2012. The four trends are identified by Mintel Group...