While browsing through a book about what food different cultures around our globe eat, the stark contrast between the western countries and so called third world countries was astounding. The West had mostly packages – processed foods – while the rest of the world still eat “natural” food. Add into this the fact that one of the latest emerging trends is what has been called “alternative protein sources”. Part of this trend are the latest scientific advances in food manufacturing – cultured meat and lab-grown food.
Let’s face the fact that the Western World is going to move more and more towards processed foods – for convenience and simply because that is the way the society has developed. We cannot compare ourselves to other parts of the world because our society has developed differently – with different needs and pressures. However, that does not mean that we need to settle for substandard food – we can still enjoy highly nutritous food that is good for your health too.
As manufacturers we need to make sure that we are offering the very best we can in our products within the boundaries of the Western society norms.