Change in food preferences

Change in food preferences

Growing we learned which flavours are the best and often we stick to it. It was uncommon that grown-up people change their food preferences but recently this started to change. First, there were new food sources available in front of our eye, in the supermarkets. Then we started to travel more often since travel expenses were averrable to many people and finally, we became curious about the diet of other people in different countries. Seeing them cooking ingredients in a completely different way, yet with the final result of an unrecognisable meal-we dare to choose new dishes and make new diet choices. 

In our overpopulated world, changing food preferences leads to a very positive outcome. Turning to a plant-based diet is often the choice of people growing in developed countries and there we see a growing trend in self-sustainable living. Growing vegetables for personal needs was never this easy even in almost impossible conditions, such as city apartments with low light exposure, unregular watering of plants, and so on. For this need, there is a new solution of growing vegetables in smart pots, with regular and needed light exposure and controlled watering. Vegetables grown in these conditions are organic, without harmful pesticides, and uncontaminated by E.coli and other inhabitants like usually when we buy them. 

The presence of greenery in our house can be positively stimulating, inspiring us to consume more vegetables. Once it is set, a plant can be harvested several times, up to 6 months which is a reasonable period considering the seasons and warm weather conditions vs winter when plants need time to rest.

Change in food preferences is so much more than mentioned. When we are exposed to a variety of choices in a plant-based diet, we can easily find products to love and consume often. These days there are amazing vegan sausages, bakery, sweets, amazing ice creams, and cheeses so that we easily pick our favourites. Easily digestible food often becomes our first choice even if we continue to consume versatile products. For example, many people notice decreasing lactose tolerance with age but today choices of non-dairy milk alternatives allow easy swap. Once people try oat “milk” in their cappuccino, rarely go back to their previous choice. 

Finally, time brings us available lab-grown meat alternatives. From several animal cells, today it became easy to grow animal tissue and use it for consumption. Many reasons stay behind this process-economic reasons such as lack of meat and high prices of growing for the entire human population and after all environmental and ethical reasons. This meat is controlled and of better quality than from livestock growing in conditions such as we know as common.

Dare to experiment

Experimenting with food can be very overwhelming-some choices will surprise us beyond ever expected and some will disappoint us. But why not try.

Certain health conditions limit food preferences. For example autism. This complex condition affects and highly limits food choices. In other cases, people are warned not to consume certain products. Often those are meat and dairy products (typical for cancer patients) etc. Assuming that majority of the population is instructed for their dietary choices, the trend of making new products within the dietary industry is about to grow exponentially. 

Typical plant-based products

Below are presented some of the most popular products we consume these days:

-oat and almond “milk”

-hummus

-tofu

-plant-based “ meat” patties and sausages

-falafel

-chia seeds (instead of eggs and as protein addition) etc

There are so many different brands for these products but one is common-they are all plant-based and tasty, chosen by vegans and vegetarians as well as omnivores.