New Almond Research Investigates Beauty from the Inside Out

Anti-aging regimens abound but emerging research suggests that one delicious addition to your skincare routine may be in your pantry instead of your makeup kit: almonds.
India has a longstanding relationship with almonds, including generations of mothers giving almonds to their children in the morning. Aided by a sustained Almond Board marketing program, the shipments of almonds from California to India have seen a 16% increase compared to last year, reaching 231 million lbs in 2018-2019. The ABC marketing program in India encourages consumption of almonds for both children and adults.
The Almond Board of California (ABC) recently saw a great opportunity to build awareness of California almonds with ABC’s U.S. female consumers by launching an advertising campaign around the Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Women’s World Cup, held earlier this year in France. ABC engaged one of the women’s team’s leading players, Julie Ertz, to make the campaign as impactful as possible, as Ertz appeared in advertisements during the World Cup.
Modesto, Calif. – Julie Resnick, founder of the media company Feedfeed and the popular @thefeedfeed Instagram community, partnered with California Almonds to put a spin on common recipes using almond milk as an ingredient. Almond milk is often used in coffee, cereal and oatmeal, so with her recipes Julie sought to share new ways to use the almond milk many people already have in their kitchen.
Modesto, CA – According to new data from Innova Market Insights, almonds continue to lead new product introductions worldwide, with a total of 10,842 new products with almonds introduced in 2018.1 As the snacking category, in particular, has grown over time, so have snacks with almonds – in 2010 snacks represented only 7 percent of new almond products, whereas today snacks make up 20 percent (2,137 new products) of almond introductions globally.
It has been a banner year so far for nutrition research at Almond Board of California (ABC), with a full pipeline of research and several requests for proposals (RFPs) just completed or in the works. The Nutrition Research Committee held a strategic planning meeting in November, and identified several new areas of research that will help us better understand almond composition and health benefits relevant to critical areas of public health.
For more than two decades, Almond Board of California (ABC) has invested in sound science to better understand the nutrient composition and health benefits of almonds, and also to advance public health and wellness.