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Portion Control Enabled

Families look to limit overconsumption as obesity becomes a concern

Implications - Consumers are more proactive about their family's health and are looking to integrate tools into their household that allow them to track, limit and control the consumption of food. While diet has been a growing focus in the past, the portion sizes of QSR chains, cafes and CPG products will also be of growing concern in the future.
Trend Themes
1. Portion Control - Consumers are more proactive about their family's health and are looking to integrate tools into their household that allow them to track, limit and control the consumption of food.
2. Smart Dishware - Innovative dishware products that use technology to measure and facilitate portion control.
3. Nutritional Analysis Tools - High-tech devices that can scan, analyze, and track the nutritional content of food items.
Industry Implications
1. Consumer Goods - The product line for these trends can be marketable in the consumer goods industry.
2. Healthcare - Healthcare industry can apply these trends to help people with health-related issues specifically targeted to controlling the food intake.
3. Food Industry - The food industry has a great opportunity to offer portion-controlled food items for diet-conscious consumers that can be served or consumed directly.
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Spread-Rationing Contraptions
Spread-Rationing Contraptions
The Butter Boss Dispenses Measured Proportions for Healthier Meals
Since portion control is where many people go wrong in their diets, the Butter Boss would make for a very useful device to have at the dinner table. Ditch the butter dish and store your soft dairy... MORE
Weight-Loss Dishware
Weight-Loss Dishware
HALVED Dinnerware Forces People to Eat a Lot Less
Keeping tabs on portion control has never been easier with the HALVED Dinnerware. As its name suggests, the plates, bowls and cups have been literally cut in half in order to serve a healthier... MORE
Hi-Tech Health-Promoting Plates
Hi-Tech Health-Promoting Plates
My Diet Plate Facilitates Portion Control for Individual People
It’s isn’t enough to simply Google your height, weight, age and gender and expect to get good advice on how to eat nutritiously. Genetic, medical and lifestyle factors contribute to the... MORE
Hi-Tech Nutritional Scanners
Hi-Tech Nutritional Scanners
The Proscan Can Examine Any Food in Seconds to Calculate Calories
The health-conscious can be permitted to be as particularly health-conscious as they like with the innovative Proscan at hand. About the size of a dinner plate, this device has the ability to... MORE
Blunt Portion Control Plates
Blunt Portion Control Plates
This Ceramic Dishware Piece Reminds Eaters to Think of Food Size
These overly blunt food portion control plates are a handy reminder for anyone that is prone to eating past the point of fullness. The design features the words “portion control” printed... MORE
Meal-Tracking Plates
Meal-Tracking Plates
SmartPlate Tracks and Analyzes The Food Placed on It
There are tons of apps and online tools for keeping tabs on a diet plan, but SmartPlate is a device that aims to get rid of the need to manually enter this kind of information. Using an algorithm,... MORE
Portion Control Lunch Containers
Portion Control Lunch Containers
The Precise Portions Travel Pack is Aimed at Those with Diabetes
Part of the Precise Portions innovative line of products, the Go Healthy Travel Pack includes four portion control containers that are perfect for managing carbohydrate intake. Available through the... MORE
Portion Controlling Bowls
Portion Controlling Bowls
This Elegant Wooden Bowl Encourages Healthy Homemade Meals
Designer Lee Chieh created the 123Healthy product which is a unique wooden bowl that encourages home cooking with a heightened sense of portion control. The wooden bowl boasts an elegant and simple... MORE
play_circle_filledSugary Snack Lock Boxes
Sugary Snack Lock Boxes
The Kitchen Safe is a Timed Lock Box That Stores Unhealthy Snacks
This genius snack jar is called The Kitchen Safe and is essentially a lock box for sugary snacks. This clever cookie concealing creation prevents kids from sneaking cookies when parents aren’t... MORE

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