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Trends
What ube is, why it reads as a color-led flavor, where US demand is steady and growing, and why its purple pigment fades or turns red in acidic, hot or long-shelf-life products.
November 5, 2026 · 6 min
Confectionery
Why hot honey has strong, steady demand but almost no confectionery products, what honey does in each candy format, and how to deliver chili heat in a sweet that dissolves slowly.
November 2, 2026 · 5 min
Beverage
How protein soda grew from a Utah TikTok mix into canned launches from Premier Protein and others, why every packaged version is clear whey instead of creamy milk, and the formulation problems of putting protein in a carbonated drink.
October 28, 2026 · 5 min
Confectionery
How the Dubai chocolate craze moved from one TikTok video to national retail, why the big launches arrived after the search peak, and the shelf-life problems that a pistachio and kataifi filling creates.
October 23, 2026 · 6 min
Research
Measured US search demand for 18 candy flavors and formats against the number of brands selling them in Open Food Facts. Includes Dubai chocolate, where search peaked four months before Lindt reached national retail, and freeze-dried candy, down 86% from late 2023.
October 16, 2026 · 11 min
Research
Measured US search demand for 25 beverage flavors against the number of brands shipping them, cross-checked between two independent product catalogues. Includes the dirty soda case, where demand led a McDonald's national launch by 26 months.
September 10, 2026 · 9 min