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Reportlinker Adds Latino Foods: The Next Wave Culinary Trend Mapping Report Report

Posted on: Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 11:04 CDT

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.

Latino Foods: The Next Wave Culinary Trend Mapping Report

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0109226/Latino-Foods-The-Next-Wave-Culinary-Trend-Mapping-Report.html

Do you remember what you were doing when you first heard what is now a very famous factoid? Way back in 1992, Packaged Facts revealed a tantalizing bit of data: That year, American shoppers would spend more on salsa than on ketchup. That offered a vivid way of thinking about huge demographic shifts. For those of us in the business of tantalizing taste buds, it embodied the revolution we'd been tracking. The boom in the U.S. Latino population, combined with general demand for vibrant new foods and flavors, was reaching the tipping point.

Those years of the early '90s saw the nation's first mainstream wave of Latino foods: salsa, chipotles, blue cornmeal, black beans. Since then, CCD's Culinary Trend Mapping Report has charted the movement of empanadas, ceviche, churrasco, chimichurri, agua fresca and plantains, to name a few. But a new wave of ingredients, flavors and cuisines from Latin America is surging through Miami and New York, LA and San Francisco, bringing us flavors and ingredients from Oaxaca, the Yucatan and Mexico City, from Peru and Brazil, and from Cuba and Puerto Rico.

With those drivers in mind, we found excitement at all five stages of the Trend Map(R):

• Stage 1
• New Sources of Sabor: Meet three vivid new flavorings: the Mexican epazote, Caribbean Seville (sour) oranges and Peruvian aji amarillo chiles.
• Sofrito: The Caribbean's favorite simmer sauce is proving a zippy flavor base with exciting regional variations.
• Stage 2
• Latin American Rotisserie Chicken: With authentic flavors and prime poultry and seasonings, it's not just for quick-serve anymore.
• Where are they now: Pupusas
• Stage 3
• Mexican Cheeses: With U.S. production ramping up, say goodbye to jack and hello to Oaxaca.
• Tableside Guacamole: Like rotisserie chicken, guacamole has been reborn.
• Stage 4
• Soft Corn Tortilla Tacos: Street-style soft wraps are making us feel healthy and traditional.
• Stage 5
• Mojito Flavor: The classic Cuban cocktail has morphed into a flavor profile with broad applications.
• Where are they now? Aguas Frescas
  

In addition, we've coupled the Latin food stars profiled in this report with four compelling macro trends shaping today's marketplace and make suggestions for various opportunities:

Bold flavors

Authenticity

Healthfulness

Convenience

With extensive profiles of each ingredient/food emerging within the five stages of the trend map, this issue of the Culinary Trend Mapping Report provides you with the most up-to-date, insider's look at what's hot and what's not in the world of food. Top food marketers rely on trend mapping to keep them on the pulse of what's happening and what's about to happen as far as consumer tastes are concerned.

The Culinary Trend Mapping Report is an indispensable tool for those whose job it is to stay abreast of what's hot - or what will be - in the food world!

Using the Center for Culinary Development's (CCD) signature Trend Mapping(R) technique, a validated method identifying which culinary trends are "gaining traction" and which are simply flashes in the pan, each report concentrates on a theme, or trend, that is affecting the food industry, and then looks at the emerging and established ingredients, cooking styles and products along the Trend Map that are driving this theme.

Each report is a 75+ page journal packed with trends, data, strategies and insights on the food industry that simply aren't available anywhere else.

Each Issue of the Culinary Trends Mapping Report

• Identifies the maturity level of foods and ingredients according to CCD's unique, proprietary 5-stage trend mapping process.
• Concentrates on a theme that is affecting the food industry, and then looks at the emerging and established trends along the Trend Map that affect--or are affected by--this theme.
• Delves into these trends and what they mean for you and the manufacturing, retailing, and foodservice industries.
• Gives strategic insight into how consumers are thinking of and reacting to new foods and ingredients.
• Provides business know-how regarding opportunities, challenges, and ways to implement current trends into foodservice, retail, and packaged goods operations.
• Presents a feature interview with a member chef from CCD's exclusive 80+ member Chefs' Council(R) that offers expert analysis and his or her perspective on a specific trend.
  

Trend Mapping(R)

Trend Mapping(R) is guided by the premise that major food trends pass through five distinct stages on their way to the mainstream:

• Stage 1: The ingredient, dish and/or cooking technique appears at upscale dining establishments, ethnic and popular independent restaurants.
• Stage 2: The item is featured in specialty consumer-oriented food magazines, such as Gourmet and Bon Appetit plus retail stores such as Sur La Table that target culinary professionals and serious home cooks.
• Stage 3: The item begins to appear in mainstream chain restaurants -- Applebee's or Chili's --as well as retail stores such as Williams-Sonoma that target recreational cooks.
• Stage 4: Publications such as Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens pick up the buzz.
• Stage 5: Finally, the trend makes its way to quick service restaurant menus and is either starting to appear or is having increased presence on grocery store shelves.
  

Availability

Published bimonthly, the Culinary Trend Mapping Report is available for purchase as a single issue or a six-issue subscription.

Executive Summary

Why Latino Foods: The Next Wave - Kimberly Egan

Executive Summary

Trend Summary

Stage 1 - New Sources of Sabor:

• Epazote
• Seville Oranges
• Aji Amarillo Chiles
  

- Sofrito

Stage 2 - Latin American Rotisserie Chicken

- Where Are They Now?: Pupusas

Stage 3 - Mexican Cheeses

- Tableside Guacamole

Stage 4 - Soft Corn Tortilla Tacos

Stage 5 - Mojito Flavor

Chef Speak: CCD Chefs' Council(R) Voices

James Schenk: An edible revolution requires a strategy

Strategic Implications

Opportunities for next-wave Latino foods

Sources

Source List

To order this report:

Latino Foods: The Next Wave Culinary Trend Mapping Report

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0109226/Latino-Foods-The-Next-Wave-Culinary-Trend-Mapping-Report.html

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Nicolas Bombourg Reportlinker Email: nbo@reportlinker.com US: (805)652-2626 Intl: +1 805-652-2626

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