Potato chips, dips and chocolate reveal trends in specialty food at this year’s Summer show.
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The chocolate industry is facing challenges that are driving up prices for shoppers. Will chocolate lovers support higher costs? (Photo credit: Askinosie Chocolate)
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Dirty sodas combine refreshing soda with flavored syrups, creamy toppings, a citrus sqeeze and even boba-like mix-ins. (Photo credit: Swig)
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Corn milk, mycelium bacon and dill pizza stood out at Expo West
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It’s the start of the 2025 Food Trends season, a season that begins months earlier with feverish research, expert surveys, and note-checking as organizations gather input and refine the trends they want to stake for next year.
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I had the pleasure of sharing trend insights with journalist Amelia Lucas at CNBC this month, talking about the uptick in ‘swicy’ foods. Swicy, or sweet and spicy, was the flavor of the summer, it seems, appearing in Starbucks Lemonade Refreshers and Korean-flavored snacks.
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To wrap up my trend coverage of the Specialty Food Association 68th Summer Fancy Food Show, here is a list of hot products that popped out from the rest thanks to new flavors, styles, benefits and just plain innovative approaches in the specialty food channel.
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One of the best places to see what’s new at the Summer Fancy Food Show is the Debut District, home to Incubator Village, with food business incubators like The Hatchery and Oregon State’s Food Innovation Center displayed.
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