There is mounting evidence documenting the effects of dietary protein on measures of chronic disease and age-related decline such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, frailty and osteoporosis.
Before the COVID-19 outbreak, consumers were purchasing a variety of pre-portioned or portion-controlled meat and poultry products. A shift in lifestyle changes because of the pandemic caused the total poultry and meat portion size category (0- to 6-ounce sizes) to drop 3.8 percent to approximately $654.2 million for the latest 52 weeks ending Feb. 21 in total U.S. multi-outlets, according to IRI Inc., Chicago.
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A host of retailers and processors see innovation as the prevailing driver of packaging format changes in the future, says one veteran industry source.