n. A person who predicts food and dining trends.
2000
As our rapid-paced lifestyle continues to change eating patterns, Campbell's sees nourishing, ready-to-serve soups playing an even more important role in the future. Which is why this market leader put the challenge to Ann Coombs, food futurist and trend forecaster, to predict Canada's future 'soupscape' and food trends for the year 2025.
1994
The World Future Society in Bethesda, Md., which publishes The Futurist, has marked the New Year with its top 10 list of thought-provoking forecasts. One of them may already be a reality for some of us: the demise of three square meals a day. Instead, according to Christopher Wolf, a food futurist in Chicago, we will eat five snacks a day. Their proposed names are 'daystart,' 'pulsebreak,' 'humpmunch,' 'holdmeal,' and 'evesnack.'
1989 (earliest)
We've recently seen two major food manufacturers add to their cereals a high-fiber grain called psyllium — the main ingredient in certain over-the-counter laxatives, that have been found to lower blood cholesterol. A stir was created when, as a result, it caused the strict line between food and drugs began to blur. Some food futurists wonder where this will end.
When I first saw this word, I burst out laughing at the sheer preposterousness of such a creature. My laughter turned to shock when after some research I found out that not only are there food futurists among us, there are enough of them to have formed their own organization: International Food Futurists! I wonder if Faith Popcorn is a member?
You can imagine these people are quite silly in a delightfully unintentional way. A perfect example is the second example citation, in which a food futurist proposes five new — and absolutely hilarious — meal names.
You can imagine these people are quite silly in a delightfully unintentional way. A perfect example is the second example citation, in which a food futurist proposes five new — and absolutely hilarious — meal names.