Articles by Jessica Jacobsen

Plant-based, added fiber and sustainability are among the trends that Innova Market Insights address with its “Food and Beverage Industry Trends: May 2025” report that are impacting food and beverage launches.

Specialty beverages are not new to foodservice, but dedicated drive-thru beverage concepts are making waves in the market, while established operations are testing new drink lineups.

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) returned to McCormick Place for the IFT FIRST: Annual Event & Expo where exhibitors featured an array of ingredient literature as well as prototypes featuring these solutions.

As a third-generation, family-owned company, Milo’s Tea Co. has experienced high growth across its refrigerated tea and lemonade portfolios that a founded on authentic, natural beverage principle.

For labeling materials, sustainability continues to be one of the key attributes influencing these next generation solutions.

Sustainability is having a growing impact on coding and marking solutions, however, the ever-growing SKU lineups also are influencing the packaging equipment sector.

Tinuiti recently released its “2025 Food and Beverage Marketing Study,” which address a host of topics like how consumers discover new products.

NielsenIQ (NIQ) released “The Halftime Report,” a beverage alcohol scorecard measuring the front half of 2025. The report found that total beverage alcohol sales are down 3% year-over-year, totaling $53 billion.

This year’s State of the Industry report on tea and ready-to-drink tea highlights how the category is addressing flavor trends and the benefits of the FDA’s final rule on the use of “healthy” on food labels.

This year’s State of the Industry report on the U.S. beer market highlights the contrasting performances of the category’s segments as super-premium beers, flavored malt beverages, import beers and non-alcohol segments continue to deliver positive performance.