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Key Insights From Our Beer, Wine & Spirits 2025 Categorywatching Report

The Beer, Wine & Spirits category is one of the most exciting spaces in the food and drink universe. Factors like cost of living, climate change, and fundamental shifts in drinking culture have created big shifts, and also paved the way for both innovation and evolution...

Key Insights From Our Angel Hair Chocolate Foodwatching Report

Move over Dubai Chocolate – there's a new sweet sensation in town! That's right, everyone meet… Angel Hair Chocolate, the latest viral craze consisting of pistachio cream, pişmaniye (Turkish cotton candy) and the occasional freeze dried fruit, encased in milk, dark or pink chocolate. ...

Key Insights From Our Spring 2025 Seasonwatching Report

You’d be forgiven for thinking that we’ve already had months of summer, after the seemingly endless stint of hot sunny days in the rear view mirror! But believe it or not, we’ve only closed the chapter on Spring – which means not only that there are more sunny days ahead(!), but also that our seasonwatching Spring roundup is now live on the Hub!...

Key Insights From Our Fungi Planetwatching Report

In our planetwatching report on Fungi, we delve deep into the magical world of the fungi kingdom – from mushrooms to mycelium to mould – to explore why it is making such an impact in the food and drink industry, and how the trend is evolving...

Key Insights From Our Savoury Coffee Drinkswatching Report

The lines between flavour profiles have been blurring for some time now, with 'swavoury' becoming more and more mainstream. And now there's another category being influenced by this boundary-blurring approach. Cue, a new wave of… Savoury Coffee...

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