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3 weeks ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
Development Chef Andrew Hunter tells Prepared Foods about translating on-trend tastes and textures into finished products. Which emerging culinary forms and flavors will become tomorrow’s popular foods? Which trending tastes and textures will make it to the home dinner table?
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4 weeks ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
2025 Food and Beverage TrendsMeals & SidesSnacks & Appetizers Don’t look now but prepared appetizers and side dishes are stealing more of the main meal spotlight.
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1 month ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
Formulation2025 Food and Beverage TrendsPlant Based & Vegetarian They say you can use numbers to make any case. Yet here’s an instance—involving the grocery meatcase—where the point is obvious. For a variety of reasons, plant-based meat, poultry and seafood offerings have not been “meating” consumer expectations.
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1 month ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
2025 Food and Beverage TrendsMeat, Poultry & Seafood Targeting more consumers? Go for the taste buds! Although convenience is key—taste-tempting flavor is the way to draw attention. Last year saw innovation ideas trickle down to the basics including hot dogs, lunch meat and yes—even SPAM. In time for summer grilling, The Kraft Heinz Company added three flavor-filled Stuffed Dogs varieties to its Oscar Mayer line: Jalapeño Cheddar, Chili Cheese, and Cheese.
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1 month ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
2025 Food and Beverage TrendsMeals & Sides Sure, the grocery freezercase literally seems cold and uninviting at first—yet consumers find a warm welcome in the frozen pizza category. New items deliver fun twists on taste and texture—and still others offer dietary health benefits for those still wanting familiar comfort. Not surprisingly, category leader Nestlé USA drove flavor fun last year with a host of LTO offerings.
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1 month ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
2025 Food and Beverage TrendsDairy Say what you will about inflationary pressures and competition from all other outside categories—the retail grocery dairy category offers a fascinating take on new product innovation trends involving taste and texture, form and flavor. From the refrigerated case to the freezer, processors old and new, big and small are addressing every on-trend aspect of dietary needs, better-for-you functional health, global flavors and snacking.
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1 month ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
2025 Food and Beverage TrendsMeals & Sides They say home is where the heart is—and that goes for the heart of the consumer’s mealtime spending. Last August, Circana’s 39th annual “Eating Patterns in America” report highlighted the growing year-over-year trend toward at-home dining, with 86% of eating occasions sourced from home.
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1 month ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
In advance of Natural Products Expo West, SPINS LLC, Chicago, issued its 2025 Industry Update & Trends Predictions. Its 42-page report includes a “state of the industry” overview, review of key trends (called “preferences with staying power”), and a look at what’s next in functional ingredients.
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1 month ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
Perhaps it’s true that the cream—even plant-based cream—always rises to the top. Of seven plant-based dairy categories, only plant-based creamers posted annual dollar and unit sales gains in 2023, according to SPINS data customized for the Good Food Institute (GFI) and Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA).
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2 months ago | 
preparedfoods.com | Robert Garrison |Bob Garrison came
How does the nation’s largest refrigerated foods processor mine the relationship between culinary inspiration and R&D innovation? For an inside look Prepared Foods Chief Editor Garrison interviewed Reser’s Fine Foods executives Chef Sean Dwigans, Culinary Business Development Manager; and Chef Todd Ketterman, Culinary Manager. For the record, Reser’s celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, in 2025.
