Food Futures | LS:N Global

Micro Trends

Spirited Synthesis

Through creative and unexpected collaborations, food and drink innovators are redefining alcohol as a culinary flavour, appealing to a new generati...

Alcohol : Flavours : Food And Drink Futures

News

Stat: Millennials and Ozempic drive high-protein food boom

Consumer interest in health and weight loss, particularly among Millennials, is boosting sales of high-protein packaged foods and beverages, accord...

Food&Drink : Health : Wellness

News

Savor develops CO2 and hydrogen-based butter prototype

Californian start-up Savor is pioneering a new era in fat production with its agriculture- and animal-free solutions.

Food&Drink : Sustainability : Health

News

Nestlé targets nutrition for older people due to ageing populations

Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, is pivoting towards catering to ageing populations as global birth rates decline.

Health : Wellness : Nutrition

Macro Trends

Functional Feasting

As we move past the ‘free from’ era, consumers are increasingly favouring products that do more with less, bringing flavour and fun back into funct...

Food & Drink : Indulgence : Health & Wellness

News

Discover LS:N Global’s new macrotrend: Functional Feasting

What can you learn from our newly launched Food & Drink Futures 2024 report – and what can your business learn from our research?

Events : Food & Drink : Macrotrend

News

Nostalgic cereal snack bars get a protein-packed makeover

Magic Spoon, the brand behind lower-sugar and higher-protein alternatives to classic breakfast cereals, has introduced a range of better-for-you, p...

Food&Drink : Youth : Indulgence

Big Ideas

Future Food Tech 2023: Elevating Plant-Based Dining

The Future Food Tech event, held in London on 28–29 September, explored how to re-invent indulgence, how plant-based foods should be a category in ...

Food : Protein : Technology

Markets

Cultivated Meat Market

Cultivated meat innovators claim they have found a path to sustainable protein production that could attract meat-lovers rather than vegans.

Food Futures : Meat : Lab-grown Meat

Big Ideas

Food Delivery Futures

Using AI, hyper-personalisation and robots, the food delivery sector is creating a seamless connection between restaurants, supermarkets and our ki...

Technology : Food & Drink : Society

Micro Trends

Peripatetic Dining

Turning motion into the new palate cleanser, a wave of innovative chefs are moving guests between courses.

Restaurant : Restaurant Concept : Restaurant Trends

Markets

Alternative Seafood Market

As concerns about marine consumption grow, alternative seafood companies are attempting to meet environmental demands while delivering on taste.

Food : Sustainability : Seafood

Viewpoints

How Soil is Inspiring Food Futures

Dish The Dirt, a unique dining experience by designer and lecturer Gabby Morris, suggests soil is the key to an ethically interconnected food indus...

Food : Soil : Sustainability

News

Heinz simulates Martian conditions to grow tomatoes

The food company is innovating to establish methods of successfully growing tomatoes in Martian conditions.

Food & Drink : Technology : Advertising & Branding

Markets

Local Food Market: Australia

Amid pandemic-hit imports, a renewed sense of community and concerns about sustainability are driving positive new directions for Australia’s food ...

Australia : Drink : Food

News

Shanghai’s industrial luxe dessert bar

DAS Lab's Holiland bakery interiors diverge from traditional dessert bar design.

Luxury : Food : Minimalist

Big Ideas

Neo-food photography

Meet the four food photographers skewing ideas of perfection and health in favour of a playful and disorderly aesthetic.

Food : Design : Photography

Viewpoints

Space10 on creating a cookbook with a mission

Polina Bachlakova, editor of Future Food Today, the first cookbook from Ikea’s research and design lab, envisages a playful and sustainable future ...

Food : Drinks : Sustainability

Micro Trends

New Urban Farms

Agricultural practices are undergoing a seismic shift as farmers and start-ups contend with feeding an ever-growing urban population.

Food : Technology : Sustainability

News

Turning pollution into products

While air pollution is a source of consternation around the globe, these five cross-sector brands are showing how it can be a resource for innovati...

Pollution : Air Pollution : Food Futures

News

Milan Salone 2017: Butchering the future

Milan – Designer Carolien Niebling has re-invented the humble sausage in a bid to prepare humanity for a future protein shortage.

Milan Salone 2017 : Food Futures : Whole-system Thinking

Big Ideas

Lower your food-print

Sweden – The supermarket brand ICA has formulated an icon-based scale to make its recipes environmentally conscious.

ICA : Whole-system Thinking : Radical Transparency

News

Not another diet drink

UK – Start-up Elderbrook is to launch a healthier alternative to alcohol that appeals to grown-ups.

Elderbrook : Food Futures : Sugar-free

News

Good harvest

US – FarmBot is a farming platform that enables users to cultivate plants remotely.

Farmbot : Vegetables : Food Futures