While there plenty of shakes, snack bars, wafers and even cookies geared towards meal replacement, it's rare to see a pudding cup devoted to this purpose, like these ones from FMR Chocolate. The flavored Formulated Meal Replacement (FMR) puddings come in varieties like chocolate and iced coffee, separated by three levels of thickness. As well as providing satiety, the puddings are loaded with 26 essential vitamins and minerals.
While meal replacements are often adequate in terms of nutrition be consumed on their own, FMR suggests combining the treat with fruit, or turning the pudding into ice cubes and serving them as a cream substitute. Since the pudding is stable to freeze and thaw, it can also be consumed like a chilled treat.
Now that both meal-replacing foods and fortified snacks are appearing on the market, small portions are becoming better at satisfying taste and nutritional requirements.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Meal Replacement Pudding Cups
- Opportunity for innovation in creating more convenient and delicious meal replacement options in the form of pudding cups.
- Fortified Snacks
- Disruptive potential in developing fortified snacks that provide essential nutrients and can serve as meal replacements.
- Combining Treats with Fruits
- Opportunity to explore the combination of meal replacement treats with fruits for enhanced taste and nutritional benefits.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Food and Beverage
- Industry can explore the creation of more innovative meal replacement pudding cups and fortified snacks.
- Health and Wellness
- Disruptive innovation can be pursued in the health and wellness industry by developing convenient and nutritionally rich meal replacement options.
- Frozen Desserts
- Opportunity exists in the frozen desserts industry to create unique frozen treats by using meal replacement pudding cups as a base.
