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Food and Drink Trends 2025

For this post, we examined and summarised three articles about the food and drink trends. These three articles were the following:

 Darina Allen: Twenty-two food trends to keep an eye on in 2025  (Irish Examiner)

 Food Trends – What’s Hot for 2025? Martina Murray, Totally Dublin

 The 11 biggest food trends for 2025 by Joel Porter, National Geographic

Foods that are becoming increasingly popular in Ireland and elsewhere:

 – Plant-based food

– Swicy foods, i.e. foods that combine a sweet and spicy flavours and the use of a broader variety of condiments to enhance food flavours

– Protein foods and protein powders

– Mushrooms

– Aquatic food, especially duckweed and Irish moss as it is seen as a healthy and sustainable source of food

– Fermented foods

– Jackfruit

– Chickpeas

– Sourdough

– Offal

– Tinned fish

– Buckwheat

– Nordic versions of charcuterie

– Instant noodles are being enhanced with flavourings and condiments

– Hot dogs

– Masa as an ingredient (a Mexican corn dough used for tortillas)

 Growing trends in the food industry:

– “Glocal” foods – versions of global dishes are being made with local ingredients

– Snack foods are becoming more popular, with more flavour and variety as the culture of “grab and go” eating grows

– Interest in Dumplings and dumpling-making classes

– Cafes and restaurants are serving more trendy crisps varieties and “fancy” sandwiches

– Interest in zero waste foods and in using the “imperfect” fruit and vegetables that would until now have been rejected by supermarket purchasing departments.

– Continued consumer interest in sustainable and healthy ingredients

– Bookshop bars, which are a cross between a cafe, bookshop, library, and a bar

– In the US, there is growth in the number of “micro” restaurants due to a law in LA that allows mini restaurants to be set up in the home.

Drinks trends

Non-Alcoholic Drinks

– The beverage industry is in a “hyper-creative” phase with flavours, ingredients and claimed health benefits expanding. Examples include drink types that claim to provide nutrition (such as electrolytes) as well as hydration and drinks that claim to enhance one’s mood.

– Varieties of tea continues to expand, especially matcha and real tea leaves

Alcoholic Drinks

– Low alcohol, and no alcohol drinks and moderation in drinking behaviour continues to grow in popularity

– Sales of natural, organic, bio-dynamic wines are seeing growth

– Sales of cocktails of all types are on the rise, especially clarified (i.e. clear) cocktails and cocktails made using the Japanese drink, sake

– Interest in Korean Sool drinks increase

Controversies

There is considerable debate about claims by some food manufacturers about the benefits of some plant-based foods, especially plant-based “meat”.

You can read original articles in the links at the top of this page.

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