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.
The 2025 Winter Fancy Food Show highlighted the rapid evolution of specialty food. From protein-packed innovations and gut-friendly fermented snacks to cacao alternatives, the show underscored how brands are redefining indulgence and health.
What were the biggest trends at the 2023 Summer Fancy Food Show? Ron Tanner reflects upon the show’s biggest winners.
“Companies must stand out,” said Food Institute CEO Brian Choi. “To win in the marketplace, products have to have a differentiated selling point – just being ‘good’ is not good enough in this environment.”
This edition of The Weekender is a brief link round-up of some of the best of what we saw and experienced at the Winter Fancy Food Show.
Foods, flavors, trends, and more from Day 3 of the 2023 Winter Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas, Nev., by the Specialty Food Association.
Pics, coverage, flavors, foods, trends, and more from Day 3 of the 2023 Winter Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, by the Specialty Food Association.
Foods, flavors, trends, and more from Day 2 of the 2023 Winter Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, from the Specialty Food Association.
Pics, coverage, flavors, foods, trends, and more from Day 2 of the 2023 Winter Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, put on by the Specialty Food Association.
New York, NYC, Dec. 8. 2022 (FI NEWSWIRE) —The Fancy Food Show livestream is back again! After a successful partnership at the 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show, The Food Institute (FI) and the Specialty Food …
NEW YORK CITY – As Marissa DeMaio provided a tour of Atalanta Corp.’s event booth at last week’s Specialty Food Association Summer Fancy Food Show, she noted that smoked food products, like cheeses, are “on …
NEW YORK CITY – The lingering pandemic has done little to dampen consumer demand for specialty food. This was certainly apparent Monday at Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show. The Javits Center was abuzz …
The Food Institute (FI) – a trusted source for food industry news, data, and trends since 1928 – is partnering with Specialty Food Association (SFA) to provide comprehensive, live event coverage at the 2022 Summer …
It’s been a year of reckoning for trade shows and the companies that rely on them. The food industry has illustrated that. Make no mistake: the pandemic has left an indelible mark on industry events. …
The Specialty Food Association (SFA) has canceled the in-person component of this year’s Fancy Food Show, which was scheduled for September in New York City, due to concerns about the Delta coronavirus variant. Fancy Food …