Any clue what you’ll be eating for breakfast in January? Or how you’ll be quenching your thirst next June? Didn’t think so. (TBH, I’m not even sure what I’m having for dinner tonight.) Believe it or not, the experts of Whole Foods Market’s Trends Council have a pretty good idea what you—and everyone else—will be munching on come 2025. Here is the grocery chain’s tenth annual Top 10 Food Trends forecast, along with a few ways to taste the trends yourself.
10 Food Trends Everyone Will Be Buzzing About in 2025, According to Whole Foods
To a delicious new year
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Published Oct 17, 2024
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1. International Snacks
You don't need to reserve a table at a fancy fusion restaurant to get in on this trend. There are plenty of tasty, internationally inspired goodies to add to your cart at the grocery store, from chamoy candy to mango sticky rice chips.
- Taste the Trend: Siete Fresas con Crema Grain-Free Cookies
2. Dumplings (of All Kinds)
Whether you're into pierogi, bao buns or tamales, savory stuffed pockets are having their moment in the sun. Some dumplings lean on traditional, culturally authentic flavors, while others are totally modern and unexpected.
- Taste the Trend: MìLà Pork & Shrimp Soup Dumplings
3. Crunchy Textures
Nuts and granola and mushroom chips, oh my! If dehydrated fruit, chili crisp and other crunchy goodies seem to be taking over your social feeds, it's because they are.
- Taste the Trend: Popadelics Crunchy Mushroom Chips Variety Pack
4. 'Enhanced' Water
Sure, you have a fancy water bottle...but what are you sipping on? These elevated drinks offer electrolytes and enhanced hydration. Think sparkling coconut water, chlorophyll water and—wait for it—protein water.
- Taste the Trend: True Nopal Organic Cactus Water
5. New Takes on Tea
Nowadays, tea's reach extends far beyond your favorite mug. Explore new steeping formats (like cold brew bags, powders and tea strips), fancy brews (like Yaupon) and tea-infused products (like ice cream and mochi).
- Taste the Trend: Kola Goodies Sri Lankan Milk Tea
6. Compostable Packaging
Minimizing waste is more important than ever, and many green brands are going the compostable route when it comes to packaging. Innovations range from commercially compostable produce stickers to home-compostable cling wrap.
- Taste the Trend: Alter Eco Superdark Chocolate Truffles
7. More-Sustainable Sips
Boozy brands are also trying to reduce their environmental footprint with low-impact packaging, regenerative production practices and eco-friendly ingredients. Whether you like beer or wine, there are plenty of ways to taste this beneficial food trend.
- Taste the Trend: Brooklyn Brewery Fonio Rising
8. Sourdough Everything
Sourdough had a major renaissance when the pandemic hit. Now, you'll see it in way more items than bread, like brownies, pizza crusts, crackers and pancake mix.
- Taste the Trend: Wasa Sourdough Crispbread
9. Seaweed & Freshwater Greens
Seaweed salad, kelp salsa, sea moss bacon—the ocean is your oyster (and so is the oyster). Purveyors are turning the tide with ingredients like duckweed, agar-agar and beyond, many of which are high in essential nutrients and fiber.
- Taste the Trend: Homiah Sambal Chili Crunch
10. Higher-Protein Diets
High-protein diets remain as popular as ever, but Whole Foods notes that consumers are shifting away from powders and additives, focusing more on whole food snacking and meal planning. That includes plant-based foods, as well as renewed interest in animal proteins. Options range from TikTok-popular cottage cheese, organ meat and high-protein yogurt.
- Taste the Trend: Good Culture Organic Classic Cottage Cheese
