Consumer Reports: Food Trends To Look For Now

Publlished: July 2, 2024 

Written By: Althea Chang-Cook

Food Trends To Look For Now

We spotted some innovative and good-for-you products at the New York Fancy Food Show 

Every summer, food companies big and small flock to New York to show off their newest and best products at the Fancy Food Show, a trade event held by the Specialty Food Association. This year my colleagues and I spotted several food trends and products that could soon make it to a grocery store near you—if they’re not there already.

Better-For-You Sodas

Plenty of beverages on the market seem good for you, but many contain sugar substitutes like stevia or sucralose. And in the energy drink space, you also get colors and other additives that you may not want. We saw several brands that are focused on keeping the benefits that these drinks promise but delivering products with cleaner ingredients lists.

• Unlike many energy drinks, Huxley Plant Powered Energy Drinks contain no added colors, flavors, or sugar substitutes. Instead, you get fruit purée and just a little cane sugar (5 grams per can, or about a teaspoon). The 90 mg of caffeine in the drink (about the same as in a cup of coffee) comes from cascara, the husks of the coffee cherry, the fruit that houses the seeds that are roasted for coffee beans and usually discarded. The drinks come in three fruity flavors: mango, strawberry, and tangerine. 

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