Tag: global flavors
Gen Z Puts LATAM Flavors Front and Center
Latin American consumers are reshaping the U.S. food landscape, driving flavor trends and outpacing growth across F&B sectors. Their cultural influence is now a bottom-line opportunity businesses can’t afford to overlook
Purple Craze: Ube Moves from Filipino Tradition to Viral Trend
Once rooted in Filipino comfort food, ube is now infusing menus and retail shelves with color and cultural depth. F&B leaders are embracing it as both a flavor trend and storytelling vehicle.
Open Sesame: Tahini Latte Searches Surge 900% on Yelp
After the Maman Salted Tahini Honeycomb Latte and Edith’s Tahini Frozen Cold Brew went viral on social media, Yelp searches for tahini coffee drinks soared. While the plant-based sesame seed paste has been a staple in Middle Eastern cuisine for centuries, lately tahini has been carving out a space for itself within the coffee category.
The Rise of Churrasco: A Tasty TikTok Sensation
Churrasco, a South American grilling tradition, involves cooking cuts of meat over an open flame, often seasoned with coarse salt. Its popularity on TikTok is driven by its visually appealing grilling process and cultural authenticity.
The Specialty Shift: Health, Premiumization, Value Will Shape 2025
The demand for better-for-you products is driving shifts across the food industry, prompting demands for premium ingredients and transparent messaging. Consumers are also embracing bold flavors, premiumization, and redefined notions of value, as noted in the 2025 Specialty Food Industry Outlook Report, which FI co-authored.
Healthy by Association: How Alt-Meat Brands Are Earning Trust
Alt-meat brands like Beyond and Impossible are launching new and reformulated products to earn the trust of health-conscious consumers and national health organizations. These innovations have enabled the meat alternatives to quality for the nutrition initiatives of both the American Heart and American Diabetes Associations.
Fusion 2.0: ‘Chaos Cooking’ Turns Global Flavors on Their Heads
Chaos cooking, a culinary movement popularized by TikTok, involves combining unexpected ingredients to create bold, experimental dishes like birria ramen. Its playful fusion especially resonates with Gen Z.
Sourdough, Dumplings Among 5 Whole Foods Trends for 2025
Whole Foods has predicted major food trends for 2025, forecasting dumplings to become a portable comfort food, while global flavors will inspire bold new snack combinations.
FI Spotlight: Exploring Southern Cuisine at the Food & Wine Classic in Charleston
FI Studios Presents: Chatting with Eric Kim of the New York Times
New York Times Columnist Eric Kim wants to create solutions to your problems – mealtime problems, that is. He also wants to explore new flavors, try new techniques, and draw upon influences from his childhood. …
Innovation in Focus: Future Food Trends from SIAL Paris 2024
The Food Institute hosted Comexposium’s Audrey Ashworth and Anne-Claire Petitcol to preview SIAL Paris 2024 – the largest food and beverage show in the world. Audrey delved into the groundbreaking trends and innovations set to …
FI Spotlight: How Global Flavors Impact the At-Home Consumer
FI News Review (June 28, 2024) – Takeaways from SFA’s Summer Fancy Food Show 2024
How Nestlé Professional Solutions Starts with The Consumer
From identifying consumer needs to keying in on the latest customer trends, it’s essential to stay vigilant when it comes to providing solutions to foodservice operators. Join The Food Institute as we interview Melissa Henshaw, …
America is Poised to Embrace Tofu
In today’s alternative protein space, the possibilities tofu offers are turning heads. More flavorful than most plant-based products, more rewarding than a perfect burger alternative, and much more affordable than a meat-based option, tofu checks a lot of boxes as a middle-of-the-road protein alternative that doesn’t necessarily have to market itself as a one-size-fits-all plant-based option.
IFMA COEX 2024: Key Themes and Industry Trends
Josh Linkner issued the opening keynote for the COEX 2024 and noted that creativity and innovation was critical for continued growth and success. He also noted that research had found all humans are naturally drawn to creativity, but that it manifested in different ways.
Poultry Power Meets Global Flavor
Chicken listings on restaurant menus have grown 6.4% in the past five years, outpacing the 4.7% of burgers and other beef-based items.
The Most Popular Candy and Snack Flavors Worldwide
While flavors like truffle mushroom and habanero chili have gained momentum the last few years, Kerry identified coffee, sweet heat, and jalapeno as emerging in recent months.
A New Blue Wave: Explaining the Blue Zone Diet Craze
The Blue Zone Diet has become part of the national lexicon of late. So, what exactly is this new craze?
Top Trends at Expo East 2023
What are the major trends shaping the natural and organic products industry today? The Food Institute checked in with industry analysts on the floor at Expo East 2023 to glean the top trends and takeaways …
Menu Innovation Spurring Breakfast’s Revival at Restaurants
As professionals return to offices and on-site work post-pandemic-peak, restaurants are revitalizing breakfast service in a trend back toward innovative items with international influences. Chains are driving morning traffic back with discounts and deals, TODAY …
Restaurants Slim Down Menus and Target Innovation Ahead of 2022
As another challenging year for the restaurant industry winds down, operators continue to push back on the permeating impacts of COVID-19. All the while, innovative prospects glimmer on the horizon. Reduced Menus Increased food costs …
Is America Ready to Embrace African Cuisine?
While many traditional African foods are embedded in American culture, as a category, African cuisine remains largely unrepresented. But as consumers’ appetite for global flavor continues to flourish, the tides of change are well ashore. …
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