食品技术研究所（IFT）出版的食品科技杂志在2015年4月一期以特约撰稿人A. Elizabeth Sloan的视角分析了2015年十大食品趋势。Sloan根据从各个行业得到的数据，做出了趋势预测。这些趋势涉及：新鲜和冷冻食物，饮食和特定生活方式，适量零食，新菜肴的发明，减法食谱，早餐，反思自然，全食物营养，少烹饪餐饮，饮食监测
Striving to improve their health, Americans today are focusing on eating better. Health-conscious choices now rival convenience as the major factor determining what food U.S. consumers buy according to the latest issue of Food Technology and in its cover story, The Top 10 Functional Food Trends 2004,referencing extensively numerous studies focusing on food purchase and consumption habits. Food Technology is the flagship magazine of the international not-for-profit scientific society Institute of Food Technologists.
