Even as non-dairy alternatives expand into new territories, so do the animal milk-based originals, according to market research firm Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

About half of U.S. consumers are satisfied that animals raised for food are treated appropriately under current practices and regulations, and only one in five either somewhat or strongly disagree that food animals are treated appropriately.

What could be said 20 years ago is even truer today—the U.S. food retailing business has never been more competitive.

Ice cream is among the largest supermarket food categories, one of only 10 with double-digit billion dollar sales, according to “Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts in the U.S., 9th Edition,” a study produced by market research publisher Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

Packaged Facts’ new report estimates that frozen foods in the collective categories of dinners/entrées, pizza, side dishes and appetizers/snacks experienced overall sales of $22 billion in 2016, almost identical to the sales total four years prior.

The size of the Hispanic food and beverages market approached $18 billion in 2015, according to Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

Consumer value freshness in food more than non-GMO, local, organic, natural and even low price, according to a new report published by Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

More than half of American adults (56%) actively seek out nutritional information and guidelines on food labels, according to a report published by Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

Consumers seek all-natural choices that reflect their desire to keep human intervention they perceive as negative out of the process, according to a study produced by Packaged Facts.