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About the Fruit Report - Stay up to date on the freshest trends from the realm of produce with the Fruit Trend Report. With the organic movement and a renewed emphasis on healthy living, consumers are catching on to emerging developments, like experimentation in the culinary scene with exotic fruits including dragon fruit, banana and kiwis. This change in eating habits has also inspired new lifestyles, with consumers making healthy smoothies and fat-free raspberry muffins from easy, DIY recipes. Lastly, we look at architectural trends that transform urban spaces into gardens and orchards for the production of homegrown blueberries, strawberries, grapes and peaches.

Who It's For - Chefs, restaurateurs, nutritionists, diet planners, personal trainers and organic farmers can enhance their services with our crowdsourced research concerning the produce industry.

Understand the changing needs of the healthy eating-focused consumer with the Fruit Trend Report.

The Fruit Trend Report, last published on Apr 15, 2014, includes 105 PRO Trends and 937 examples of fruit market research and fruit consumer trends related to: raw foods, organic produce, healthy eating, dieting, vegetables and fruit trends.


Methodology - Our fruit research is based on Trend Hunter's 937 crowdsourced fruit trends and 1,902,000,000 total views of data. [Learn More]

What You'll Get:
• 105 Page / Slide Presentation
• 105 Page In-Depth Reading Report

Contents:
• 105 Fruit PRO Trends
• 937 Fruit Examples
• 131 Fruit Videos (Online)
• 5,622 Fruit Images (Online)
• Additional Niche Reports (with a full subscription): Alcohol, Champagne, Extreme, Football, Golf, Hockey, Hunting, Party, Bar, Cheese, Juice, Pop, Burgers, Cigarettes, Circus, Bacon, Barbecue, Water, Candy, Chicken, chocolate, Pizza, Milk, Cookies, Dairy, Dinner, Ice Cream, Restaurant, Pants, Sugar and more!

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Sample Fruit Pro Trends - Each Fruit PRO Trend is on its own slide with implications, a quantified score, and examples linked to online fruit articles, videos and images. Examples:

SAMPLE Exotic Dairy A need for excitement prompts more diverse milk flavoring Implications - While dairy products like milk offer a plentiful source of nutrition, the plethora of junk food alternatives often prevents youths from choosing the former. As a means to add more appeal to traditional health beverages, brands are opting for eccentric flavor infusions to combine the nutritional qualities of milk with the allure of exotic indulgence. Soda-Flavored Soy Milks Kikkoman's Flavored Soy Milk is Made to Taste Just Like Cola Cute Fruity Cans MIO Carbonated Milkshake Packaging Vividly Divulges its Flavor Exotic Animal Branding Mister Giraffe Milk Packaging Can Convince Kids to Drink the Unusual Hot Cocoa-Inspired Drinks The TruMoo Chocolate Marshmallow Milk Brings a Touch of Winter to Summer Cereal-Flavored Milks Cow Wow Milk Tastes Like it's Already Been Mixed with Cereal Exotic Dairy A need for excitement prompts more diverse milk flavoring 5 Examples + Score + Implications	SAMPLE Carnivore Pride Diverging from the wave of vegetarianism calls for unabashed love of meat Implications - Though a wave of health concerns has made hearty, indulgent edibles like meat the enemy, a certain subset of consumers refuses to let go of their carnivorous ways. This divergence has created a sort of pride surrounding solely meat products, placing them as the focal point in many meals. Scrumptious Meat Stuffed Sweets The BBQ Pulled Pork Cupcake is Filled With Savory Goodness Curated Carnivorous Care Packages The Carnivore Club Creates Special Care Packages for Meat Lovers Carnivore Pride Diverging from the wave of vegetarianism calls for unabashed love of meat 4 Examples + Score + Implications	SAMPLE Economical Play A desire for cost-effective rewards prompts more customized gifts for kids Implications - As demand for materialistic rewards increases, the cost of satisfying such demands can be overwhelming, prompting parents to look for cost-effective alternatives. Seeking substitute methods to the accessible store-bought products, parents are turning to customized playsets that combine youthful activities with budget-friendly, DIY approaches. Made-from-scratch toys illustrate a turn towards more economical methods of youthful enticement. DIY Paper Produce Projects Play Fruit by Mr Printables Lets People Create Their Own Fruit Decor DIY Arctic Cardboard Playsets Mr. Printables' Templates Make Cute Recycled Cardboard Toys DIY Pom-Pom Village Playsets These DIY Pom Pom Toys Are Cute and Easy to Make DIY Paper Box Puppets Turn an Ordinary Pasta Box into a Fun Children's Toy with This Tutorial Crafty Thumb War Creations This DIY Mexican Thumb War Set is Definitely a Crowd Pleaser Economical Play A desire for cost-effective rewards prompts more customized gifts for kids 7 Examples + Score + Implications
SAMPLE Nutritional Transparency A need for nutritional credibility prompts more organic juice packaging Implications - With societal health issues becoming more prominent, a need to distinguish nutritional goods from unhealthy alternatives has become a priority, causing a shift in packaging toward more minimalist health food aesthetics. Simplistic fruit juice labels offer health-conscious consumers greater visual assurance as to what the product contains, creating a purist aesthetic positively associated with health. Basic Patterned Branding Cal Valls Juice Packaging Features Simple Ingredient-Inspired Motifs Contradictory Eclectic Juice Branding Tiny Empire’s Branding Techniques are Both Hipster and Humanized Packaged Juices Bunch Juice Company Has Named and Personalized Their Products Refreshed Fruit Product Packaging Mirim Seo's 'Ugly Fruit' Makes the Color of Old Fruit Look New Simplistic Beverage Branding BluePrint Offers New Refreshing and Cleansing Single Serving Juices Nutritional Transparency A need for nutritional credibility prompts more organic juice packaging 7 Examples + Score + Implications	SAMPLE Cocktail Nourishment Fruit-infused alcohol satiates a need for healthy living through adult habits Implications - As nutritional urgency expands due to more prominent health issues, consumers are turning to altered sources of indulgence to make healthy living more convenient. Seeking nutritional benefits without sacrificing personal extravagances, adult consumers are turning to alcoholic beverages that incorporate citrus fruits and juices, combining nutrients with the desire to maintain a comfortable, mature lifestyle. Gin-Infused Grapefruit Cocktails A Gin Cocktail is Perfect for a Cool Spring Day Paloma-Inspired Cocktails This Fruity Cocktail Recipe Arrives Just in Time for Happy Hour Booze-Infused Fruit Shooters The DIY Strawberry Margarita Jello Shooters are Fun and Easy Iconic Comedy-Inspired Cocktails The Ron Burgundy Cocktail Packs a Delicious Punch Citrus-Infused Springtime Drinks Cupcakes and Cashmere's Rose Sangria Merges Flavors Cocktail Nourishment Fruit-infused alcohol satiates a need for healthy living through adult habits 7 Examples + Score + Implications	SAMPLE Produce Repackaged Brands use innovative packaging to breathe life into hard-to-update foods Implications - Tackling the issue of marketing products that are largely stagnant, updating packaging for produce is a way brands have been able to reinvigorate interest in the good. Because packaging itself isn't the norm when it comes to much of the fresh produce market, any shift in this direction helps companies stand out on the shelf. Masquerading Food Merchandizing A Bigger Harvest Packaging Dresses Fruits Up as Vegetables Straw-Strung Wrappers This Thai Pomelo Packaging Puts a Pesky Plant to Good Use Produce Repackaged Brands use innovative packaging to breathe life into hard-to-update foods 5 Examples + Score + Implications