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Food product developers receive an onslaught of trend lists at the start of each year. But, which trends have the staying power that make it worth investing your R&D resources? Diana Steeble, a food and nutrition communications expert at Publicis Consultants USA, sifted through the research to seek out the common threads supported by multiple experts. Click through the image gallery to see her picks for the U.S. food trends you can bank on for 2012.