Explosion of Portion Control Options in Food
- Trends & Insights
Gone are the times of packing the pantry full of tins and long shelf-life products, only to be cleared out in the annual spring clean. In contrast, consumers are moving to fresher, cleaner, healthier and more convenient options in what is fast becoming a live-by-the-day, throw-away world.
Prior to now, ‘portion control’ or ‘single-serve’ has been seen as an option to lose weight or control calories within a diet plan. However, through innovations from food manufacturers who understand the changing environment, we can now access products which enable us to have a fresh and tasty lunch box. There are a lot of costs, work, time, energy and other precious resources that go into food production–not to mention the jobs that food manufacturing creates–and loss 0f product puts many of these resources to waste.
AvoFresh Single-Serve Packs
For example, our AvoFresh Singles are 30g avocado packs made from 98% fresh avocado. They are dairy-free, vegan and are the perfect amount for two slices of toast in the morning, a lunchtime wrap, or a quick snack! This ripe and ready solution eliminates the inconvenience of being stuck with avocados that are underripe, too hard or too brown to use!
Cutting Waste One Meal At a Time
Australians throw out billions of dollars per year through food waste and our major supermarkets also contribute to a large portion of this. The emergence of Foodbank and other similar businesses have combated much of this waste, but if we could purchase smaller and more usable quantities, each individual would also contribute to this space.
The home delivery model is one of the fastest-growing segments in Australian food consumption as it offers fast and convenient delivery, as well as portion-controlled food, to ensure we eat and pay for only what we need on a daily, weekly or monthly budget.
Avoiding food waste is fairly easy once we plan for what is actually required weekly. It may also add some extra dollars back into your pocket… imagine that!
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