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Functional botanicals in ice cream might be ready for their moment. Long seen as novel and niche, botanicals uniquely fall at the intersection of some of this decade’s biggest trends.With an industry-wide shift towards healthier, functional, and better-for-you products and growing consumer demand for flavor exploration, incorporating botanicals in ice cream is an incredible way …
The US food and beverage industry is experiencing one of the biggest shifts in decades. With macro movements like elevated nostalgia, internationally inspired tastes, the premiumization of segment staples, and cleaner, more natural labels charting course across categories, fruit trends in bakery are following suit. However, when compared to the “anything goes” approach of categories …
In the first two installments of our Roadmap to the Trends that Matter for Food Developers series, we took a detailed look at the ice cream and bakery trends. These trends will be driving developments for the rest of this decade, and maybe even into the next one. In this third and final part of …
Part 2: Bakery Trends for Food Developers In Part 1 of our A Roadmap to the Trends that Matter for Food Developers series, we explored ice cream trends that are not only dictating the market in 2026 but will continue to shape developments in 2027, 2028, and beyond. Here, we turn our attention to bakery …
Lists of 2026 ice cream trends are important. But they’re probably less valuable for developers than you might think. Their primary purpose isn’t to tell you what’s next; it’s actually to tell you what they already know will be filling store shelves in 2026. So, what’s often labeled “the next big thing” is usually code …
I think it’s time we start talking about how, at the end of the day, food and beverage product formats drive development. Now, don’t get me wrong, trends are incredibly important when it comes to inspiring innovation. But as appealing as they can be, they aren’t always a fit for everyone. Even if a taste …
