2.) Protein-centric diets pump up seafood sales
The United States has seen a wave of protein-centric diets, like keto and paleo, increasing in popularity over the years – great news for seafood in 2019, according to SeafoodSource’s “Top 5 food trends impacting seafood sales in 2019” report published in February.
“Seafood is trending, because the protein push never goes away,” Barb Ruhs, a registered dietitian and the president of MarketRD.com, told SeafoodSource Contributing Editor Christine Blank earlier this year. “Atkins, Keto, and others are similar diets under a new flashy name. Seafood is a protein with a lot of benefits and without a a lot of the negatives. Plus, as because consumers are getting more educated on aquaculture, they realize that it is sustainable.”
Seafood suppliers such as Trident Seafoods and Handy have capitalized on such a trend, producing offerings including Alaska pollock-based Protein Noodles as well as Power Burgers and Power Bites, respectively.
“Cameron’s Seafood says athletes as well as average Americans are ordering its Maryland blue crab meat to adhere to higher protein diets,” added Blank.
Of course, this isn’t the only consumer trend impacting seafood buying practices in 2019 – read about several others here.
