The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

By introducing a bold, highly specific flavour profile into its core lineup, The Laughing Cow aims to drive incremental sales and attract younger, trend-driven consumers to the refrigerated dairy aisle.

Following a successful nationwide rollout across all Albertsons/Safeway banners in March 2025, Nixie is aggressively transitioning its operational focus from its natural channel roots to a broader mass-market footprint.

The meat snack powerhouse is officially launching Jack Link’s Doritos® Nacho Cheese flavoured beef jerky and meat sticks, bringing one of the most recognizable flavors in the salty snack aisle to the protein category.

The collaboration introduces Flavour Boosters, a new spice blend program designed to offer college students greater personalisation and bold flavour profiles across their dining hall meals.

Tate & Lyle PLC, a global leader in ingredient solutions, and Manus, a bioalternatives scale-up platform, have announced the launch of Yume™, a new ingredient brand operating under their established joint venture, The Sweetener Alliance.

The collaboration features a robust rollout of limited-time offerings (LTOs), thermochromic packaging innovations, and a gamified shopper marketing campaign.

The launch builds on the highly successful rollout of 2025’s "Moon Punch" and utilizes a reformulated, newly branded variant designed to capture cultural buzz surrounding upcoming lunar events.

Building on the success of 2025’s top-performing launches, including Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut & A&W Root Beer Float. The lineup is heavily data-driven. Citing its State of Beverages 2025 Trend Report, KDP notes that 72% of Gen Z consumers try new beverages every month.