Healthier Donuts

Krispy Kreme Will Make Whole Wheat Donuts

It's true! While you are shoving those yummy pleasures down your throat, you can keep telling yourself: "the donut is only 180 calories."
Of course, the caramel flavor adds just a few more calories, right? The Krispy Kreme Original Glaze will be there too, but who's counting.

"The Krispy Kreme Whole Wheat Glazed doughnut delivers the delicious taste that our customers have come to expect from us," said Stan Parker, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. "This sweet treat is an alternative for health conscious consumers with the benefits of 100% whole wheat and only 180 calories," he added.

Health-conscious Desserts
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop healthier versions of popular desserts to cater to health-conscious consumers.
Alternative Ingredients
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore and incorporate alternative ingredients to create healthier versions of traditionally indulgent foods.
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Where This Applies

Bakery
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Reinvent traditional bakery products by using alternative ingredients and creating options that cater to health-conscious consumers.
Food Manufacturing
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Fast Food Chains
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SCORE
1.5 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe, Asia
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Gen X
  • Millennial (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 9%
Activity 28%
Freshness 8%

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