Upscaling Ingredients to Stealth-Health: Industry Experts Reveal the Menu-Innovation Trends to Watch in 2025

December 9, 2024 Alto-Shaam

New research reveals the top trends set to shake up American menus in 2025, with caraflex cabbage and functional plants stealing the spotlight, condiments like hot honey making waves, and food tourism content fueling a craving for authentic global flavors. 

Key Shopper Behaviors Drive Growth of Watermelon Category

The findings from the shopper segmentation study provide a strategic roadmap for driving continued growth in the watermelon category. By leveraging these insights and targeting the heavy shopper segments, the industry can unlock opportunities for sustained category growth.

Ferrero Invests in U.S. Hazelnut Farming with Research Grants to Rutgers University and Oregon State University Programs

The grants, a part of Ferrero’s commitment to using high-quality, fresh ingredients, will support the universities’ collaborative efforts with local farmers, producers, and distributors, to advance sustainability and efficiency in the industry.

ADM’s 2025 Flavor and Color Trends Project Consumers Embracing the ‘New Human Nature’

November 13, 2024 ADM

ADM has released its report on the trending flavors and colors set to impact food and beverage innovation for the next year. With a world increasingly dominated by technology, 2025 will be a year of embracing the “new human nature” through a recognition of innate human qualities.

ADM Launches Sweet Insights Tool for Navigating Sugar Reduction Trends

November 11, 2024 ADM

Capturing this comprehensive data is ADM’s new interactive tool, allowing food and beverage manufacturers a clear view of how people around the world are navigating their sugar reduction journeys, and the similarities and differences across nations.