Food Will Bring Us Together (Infographic)

Digital connectivity may be driving stress rates up, but it's also helping to bring us together over food and drink. Whether around the dining table or in social media conversations, food has emerged as a way to come together around matters of taste, ethics, culture and sociability. These insights emerge from the MSLGROUP's annual list of top food trends compiled by its  food marketing and PR team.  Past forecasts have spotted the emergence of major marketplace successes, including turmeric, coconut, ugly produce, urban gardens and coffee as an ingredient. 

 

MSLGROUP's food and beverage experts monitor trends and industry research, and counsel America's food industry from farm to fork. Each year the expert team collectively synthesizes insights from extensive reviews of industry developments, attendance at a dozen industry meetings, and analysis of sector sales data.

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