FOOD TRENDS AND NUTRITION TRENDS
Food occupies us all and goes far beyond simple satisfaction of needs. Food in its many facets permeates all areas of life today. Food can be a means of self-optimisation, serve as a substitute religion or be an expression of one's own identity.
The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute focuses on food and nutrition trends at all levels of the value network. What exciting innovations will change the way food is produced and processed in the future? How will it subsequently be transported and distributed? How are retail and gastronomy changing? How, when, where, with whom and what will people want to eat in the future? What aspirations, innovations and concepts are there in terms of sustainability? And how does all this fit into a functioning holistic system?
TREND UPDATES FOOD

Anastasia Krivoruchko: "We can be a game changer"
20 April 2022
How is the food system changing? Who are the game changers? In our interview series "Food trends under the radar", we look for the next big innovations. In the third part, Anastasia Krivoruchko, CEO of the fermentation start-up Melt&Marble, gives insights into the world of precision fermentation.

Matthew Robin: "Meat from bioreactors will soon be on our plates"
31 March 2022
What are the trends and innovations in tomorrow's food system? How sustainable can we be? In our interview series "Food trends under the radar" we look for answers. In the second part, Matthew Robin, CEO of ELSA-Mifroma, answers our questions.

GDI Fermentation Map: Where is the new industry located?
30 March 2022
Fermentation is expected to be a key component in the shift toward alternative proteins. Fungi and microbes are the livestock of tomorrow. The new GDI overview shows where the pioneers of fermentation are located and what they are producing.
VIDEOS ON FOOD
PODCASTS ON FOOD (in German)
STUDIES

European Food Trends Report 2021
The Big Entanglement: Food Between Microchips and Microbiomes
2021
The "European Food Trends Report 2021" outlines three scenarios for the future of our food system:

Global Consumption Protests (in German)
Rebellion between hope and hype
2020
What unites the global protest movements? How do they differ? How does this activism transfer to consumption? These are the questions the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute examines in its study "Global Consumer Protests: Rebellion between Hope and Hype".

The End of Consumption as We Know It
When data makes retail superflous
2019
The entire retail industry is facing pulverization. This revolution is driven by the power of data and analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), as well as by emerging disciplines typically unrelated to classic retail.
OUR EXPERTS

Christine Schäfer
Christine Schäfer is a researcher and speaker at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. She analyses social, economic and technological trends, with a focus on food, consumption and retail.

Peter Herzog
Peter Herzog is a management consultant for the international gastronomy and hotel industry. He is the owner of the consulting firm HC Hospitality Consulting AG, Head of Operations and a member of the Executive Board of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute and sits on the board of directors of the Zurich-based gastronomy company Bindella.
Advisory Board Food

Urs Niggli
Former Director General of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture(FiBL), Founder of agroecology.science

Matthew Robin
CEO, ELSA-Mifroma

Lee Howell
Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Geneva, lecturer, University of St.Gallen

Björn Witte
Managing Partner & CEO,
Blue Horizon