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The 15-Minute Menu: Ticketed Lunch for Time-Starved Customers

The 15-Minute Menu: Ticketed Lunch for Time-Starved Customers

Restaurant lunch is losing its old role as the day’s “default outing.” People still get hungry at midday, but they don’t always get time. Meanwhile,…

Snackification and Daypart Drift: How Eating Times Are Changing

Eating used to follow a sturdy daily script: breakfast in the morning, lunch at midday, dinner at night. That script still shapes how people describe…

Top 5 European Food Trends This Month: from Premium Private Label to Heat & Eat Premium

Top 5 European food trends from the last 30 days: Premium Private Label, Usteria, Necta Vending Coffee, Private Supper Clubs, Heat & Eat Premium. Ranked…

The Wine List 2050: Radical Transformation Through Climate Change

By 2050, wine won’t just taste like a place—it will taste like a temperature curve. Climate change is already accelerating vine development and pushing harvest…

Olympic Lava Cake

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15.02.2026 19:42
Restaurant Trend

A classic lava cake becomes an Olympic medal moment-athlete reviews drive instant demand.

Winter Olympians in Milan are hyping tortino cuore fondente on TikTok and Instagram, turning the Olympic Village lava cake into the breakout dessert to recreate at home and on menus.

Iguana Tacos

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14.02.2026 09:13
Food Trend

Wild protein meets sustainability: invasive iguana becomes tacos, igniting ethics debate and curiosi…

A South Florida creator went viral on TikTok for turning invasive iguana into slow-cooked, seasoned taco meat - sparking debate but also putting invasive-to-plate sustainability cooking on more FYPs.

Valentine Sweets

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13.02.2026 09:35
Consumer Trend

Giftable desserts with strong visuals—strawberries, truffles, mini cakes—drive limited editions and…

“Valentine” searches (incl. バレンタイン) peak pre–Feb 14 and amplify seasonal dessert gifting. Confectioners and cafés push limited editions, pre-order dessert boxes, and highly visual “giftable” sweets like dipped strawberries and heart-shaped bakes.

Hot Honey: TikTok’s Sweet-Heat Drizzle Goes Everywhere

Hot Honey: TikTok’s Sweet-Heat Drizzle Goes Everywhere

Hot honey looks like a one-note gimmick until you actually use it: a glossy, sweet drizzle that lands first, then blooms into heat. That delayed…
The Wine List 2050: Radical Transformation Through Climate Change

The Wine List 2050: Radical Transformation Through Climate Change

By 2050, wine won’t just taste like a place—it will taste like a temperature curve. Climate change is already accelerating vine development and pushing harvest…
LX Hammer Burger: the luxury stadium meal built for virality

LX Hammer Burger: the luxury stadium meal built for virality

The first thing you notice about the LX Hammer Burger is not the smell. It’s the silhouette. A brioche bun, glossy and tall, pierced by…
The Banana Effect: How a Fruit Became Culinary Culture

The Banana Effect: How a Fruit Became Culinary Culture

The banana is one of the few foods that feels “local” almost everywhere. It shows up in lunchboxes, smoothie bars, hotel buffets, and home baking…
Savory Cocktails: When the Bar Starts Thinking Like a Kitchen

Savory Cocktails: When the Bar Starts Thinking Like a Kitchen

For years, cocktail culture leaned heavily toward sweetness, fruit, and visual spectacle. Drinks were designed to charm quickly, often borrowing their appeal from dessert logic…
Dainagon azuki turns red beans into modern quiet luxury

Dainagon azuki turns red beans into modern quiet luxury

There’s a moment when a pot of beans crosses a line. The water turns ruby. The kitchen smells faintly like toasted nuts and warm sugar.…
Monthly Food Trends January 2026

Monthly Food Trends January 2026

January always arrives with two voices in its mouth. One says reset, because the calendar flips and suddenly every morning…

Monthly Food Trends December 2025

Monthly Food Trends December 2025

December is the month where food culture splits into two lanes: comfort-first tradition and attention-first spectacle. What wins isn’t always…

Monthly Food Trends November 2025

Monthly Food Trends November 2025

November 2025’s food trends spanned the spectrum from festive fun to futuristic controversy. This month’s search data shows people obsessing…

Monthly Food Trends October 2025

Monthly Food Trends October 2025

October’s food trends are a vibrant mix of seasonal traditions and viral phenomena. As fall settles in (and spring blooms…

Monthly Food Trends September 2025

Monthly Food Trends September 2025

While August leaned into quirky memes and nostalgic throwbacks, September’s trends are equal parts comforting tradition and digital buzz. This…

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Top 5 European Food Trends This Month: from Premium Private Label to Heat & Eat Premium

Top 5 European Food Trends This Month: from Premium Private Label to Heat & Eat Premium

Top 5 European food trends from the last 30 days: Premium Private Label, Usteria, Necta Vending Coffee, Private Supper Clubs, Heat & Eat Premium. Ranked…
Healthy Breakfast Trends: Less Sugar, More Balance

Healthy Breakfast Trends: Less Sugar, More Balance

Breakfast has become a daily decision again, not an autopilot routine. Many people still love bread, cereal, and sweet spreads, but they no longer accept…
Weekly Trend Roundup: from Heat & Eat Premium to “Juicy Gummy Clusters”

Weekly Trend Roundup: from Heat & Eat Premium to “Juicy Gummy Clusters”

Welcome to our weekly roundup of the hottest food and restaurant trends right now. Every Friday, we scan what’s gaining momentum across culture and commerce—from…
Nostalgia Backlash: When Retro Food Fails

Nostalgia Backlash: When Retro Food Fails

Nostalgia has become one of the food industry’s most overused emotional levers. What once felt like a warm, authentic reconnection with childhood memories now often…
Value Seeking: Why Affordable Dining Feels Different in 2026

Value Seeking: Why Affordable Dining Feels Different in 2026

For much of the past decade, restaurant pricing was framed as a supply-side problem: rising labor, rent, and ingredient costs pushed menus upward, and diners…
Quiet Quitting, But Make It Food: The Generation That Stopped Cooking

Quiet Quitting, But Make It Food: The Generation That Stopped Cooking

For much of the twentieth century, cooking was treated as a basic life skill, almost a moral obligation. You learned a handful of dishes, you…
Top 5 U.S. Food Trends This Month: from Drink-First QSR to Big Mac Smash Tacos

Top 5 U.S. Food Trends This Month: from Drink-First QSR to Big Mac Smash Tacos

Top 5 U.S. food trends from the last 30 days: Drink-First QSR, Nutella Rice, Textured Iced Coffee, Dessert Chips & Sweet-Salty, Big Mac Smash Tacos.…
Morrisons, GLP-1 and the New Logic of Food Retail

Morrisons, GLP-1 and the New Logic of Food Retail

The collaboration between Morrisons and Applied Nutrition at the end of 2025 marked a subtle but meaningful inflection point for the global food and foodservice…
Fish Without Fillets: Why Restaurants Are Moving Beyond the Prime Cut

Fish Without Fillets: Why Restaurants Are Moving Beyond the Prime Cut

For decades, the fillet has dominated how fish appears on restaurant menus. Clean, portionable and familiar, it became the default expression of seafood in modern…
Weekly Trend Roundup: from Zero-Proof Pairings to Onion Cup Dumpling Flights

Weekly Trend Roundup: from Zero-Proof Pairings to Onion Cup Dumpling Flights

Welcome to our weekly roundup of the hottest food and restaurant trends right now. Every Friday, we scan what’s gaining momentum across culture and commerce—from…
When Grocerants Eat Takeout: How Restaurants Stay Special

When Grocerants Eat Takeout: How Restaurants Stay Special

Premium supermarket food has quietly redefined what “takeout” means. What was once a binary choice between cooking at home or ordering from a restaurant has…
Trend Chasers Top Picks: From Nutella Rice to Gochujang Eggs

Trend Chasers Top Picks: From Nutella Rice to Gochujang Eggs

Every month, we’re out there tracking the moments that matter—the flavors, formats, and food experiences that are genuinely capturing attention. We’re talking viral sensations, rising…