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Despite a recessionary climate, U.S. sales of  ice cream and related frozen desserts (including frozen yogurt and frozen novelties) increased 2 percent to reach $25 billion in 2009.

American consumers embrace an expanding range of foods and beverages -- driven by ever more complex lifestyles and schedules, nutritional and dietary considerations and culinary cross-currents.

What are today's top comfort foods? Consumers say they are turning more toward such artisan pies, meatloaf and "new" casseroles.

Perhaps it's no surprise but Boomer consumers prefer more "classic" comfort foods while Gen Xers find comfort in more commercial fare.

In its 2009 report, “Frozen Foods in the U.S.,” New York researcher Packaged Facts said retail packaged frozen food sales grew by 6.5 percent to $51.8 billion.

Although the category has not been recession proof, U.S. retail functional food and beverage sales still grew by 6 percent to an estimated $31 billion in 2008 from $29 billion the year before.

With their celebrity status granted through cable TV, high-powered chefs remain very familiar to millions and are influencing culinary behavior on unprecedented levels, says Packaged Facts.

No longer just a nibble between meals or after school, snack food has taken center stage in the American diet, say Packaged Facts.

Research indicates that consumers want their food to fill them up and make them healthier.

In a recent BBMG survey, 23 percent of American consumers reported that they have "no way of knowing" if a product is green or actually does what it claims.