Food Trends

Highlights

How 3 Food Processors Meet Flavor Trends

Product Development

How 3 Food Processors Meet Flavor Trends

Jan. 9, 2025

Flavor and trend predictions abound this time of year. Here’s how Daily Crunch, Gimme Seaweed and Rebellyous Foods are developing products for the new year.

New Food Products

Rollout Focus July 2024: It's Ice Cream Season

July 12, 2024

As inflation is cooling, consumers and younger generations are getting back to away-from-home frozen treating. This raises the bar for at-home expectations and perhaps even paves...

New Food Products

Natural Products Expo West 2024: Mushrooms, Tinned Fish and Pickleball

April 4, 2024

The annual new products extravaganza always is a reflection and precursor of food and beverage trends.

Industry Outlook

2024 Food & Beverage Industry Outlook: Proceed with Caution

Jan. 8, 2024

Can the food & beverage industry capitalize on a slightly more stable landscape in 2024 and grow volume, not just dollar sales?

Two Surveys Indicate Gluten-Free Diets May Be on the Wane

Nov. 29, 2023

International Food Information Council and Oldways Whole Grains Council both find less avoidance of gluten.

Frugal Shopper

Deloitte: Consumers Counter Inflation With Frugality

Feb. 23, 2023

A new global study from Deloitte found this frugality manifesting itself in several ways.

Kroger Names Trends, Hot Products

Dec. 18, 2020

The Kroger Co. has identified consumer trends to keep an eye on for the coming year, as well as a list of the 10 hottest food products.

World Food Program Chief Warns of Famine

Nov. 19, 2020

Next year will see “famines of Biblical proportions” unless the world takes action, the head of the World Food Program says.

Luxury Food Sales Edge Up

Nov. 13, 2020

Sales of high-end foods are inching upward as consumers look for ways to treat themselves during the pandemic.

Recent

Organic Farm Products Up 31% Since 2016

Nov. 4, 2020

Transparency Top Trend for 2021: Innova

Oct. 22, 2020

Survey: Pandemic Still Spooks Consumers

Oct. 2, 2020

Meat Plant Workers Still Afraid

July 8, 2020

Whole Foods Issues Top 10 Trends

Oct. 28, 2019

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Flavors, Extracts, Distillates

Five Food Trends for 2019

March 26, 2019

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Pet Food Tracks People Food, Expert Says

Oct. 3, 2018

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New Food Products

Lean Cuisine Makes Meatless Mondays More Attainable with Origins Dishes

Aug. 7, 2018

Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

FDA Weighs in on Plant-Based ‘Milk’ Debate

April 26, 2018

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Will Zero-Sugar Gatorade Make a Splash?

April 20, 2018

Business Strategies

Chobani Announces 2018 Startups Incubator Class

March 13, 2018

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Business Strategies

About Face: Diet Pepsi May Bring Back Aspartame

Feb. 20, 2018

Diet Pepsi may experience a sweetener reversal as reports claim it's bringing a version back with aspartame as the brand's main variety.

Economic Development

Millennials Save When Shopping Online Says IRI Survey

Jan. 19, 2018

IRI research finds 28 percent of consumers bought groceries online in 2017’s fourth quarter.

Flavors, Extracts, Distillates

Flavor Trends Forecast More Global Fare, Spicy Breakfasts, African, Japanese Influences

Dec. 14, 2017

In the coming year, Americans will explore flavors from around the globe, often in the same dish or dining experience.

Business Strategies

Arby's to Purchase Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.4 Billion

Dec. 1, 2017

In 2017, larger restaurant players looked to acquisitions to recharge revenue.