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12 pages tagged trends
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
Trends
Why pickle flavor keeps expanding, which pickle profile a brief actually means, and what the vinegar note does in different applications.
October 12, 2026 · 3 min
Beverage
Why functional beverages are growing, which actives create which taste problems, and why flavor capability is the real barrier to entry in the category.
October 1, 2026 · 3 min
Trends
Why sweet-heat profiles keep expanding across categories, how the sequencing works sensorially, and what formulating with capsaicin actually requires.
September 25, 2026 · 3 min
Trends
The seven flavor directions with the clearest path from social virality to mainstream launch in 2027, assessed for what each requires from formulation.
September 10, 2026 · 3 min
Trends
How pistachio moved from gelato niche to one of the most requested flavor profiles, why supply cannot follow, and what that means for formulation.
September 10, 2026 · 2 min
Trend hub
Emerging flavor profiles to watch — which are still early, which are already crowded, and how the adoption lifecycle typically runs.
October 14, 2026 · 1 min
Trend hub
Beverage flavor trends — functional-first formulation, premium citrus, sugar reduction pressure and the profiles growing across RTD and sparkling.
September 10, 2026 · 1 min
Trend hub
Confectionery and candy flavor trends — freeze-dried formats, nostalgic profiles in adult products, sour systems and the swicy crossover.
September 10, 2026 · 1 min