Feeding the Future - Food trends for 2026
Get your free guide to the most influential food industry trends - and what they mean for manufacturers.
Health, sustainability and innovation are driving transformation in the food and beverage industry.
Are you ready?
Consumers are demanding more - from clean-label ingredients and functional benefits to personalized nutrition and traceable sourcing. In this guide, Haarla’s food industry experts highlight seven trends that will define the future of food and beverage manufacturing.
Whether you're innovating with vegan proteins, exploring advanced texture solutions or adapting to new water treatment technologies, this guide helps you stay competitive and future-ready.
What you'll learn:
- What’s behind the rise of functional beverages
- How health and sustainability shape consumer choices
- The growing demand for vegan, gluten-free and clean-label options
- Why texture matters more than ever
- How natural extracts are evolving
- Wastewater treatment as a sustainability tool in food production
- Tips for building stronger supply chains
This guide is for food and beverage manufacturers, R&D professionals, innovation leaders and sustainability teams looking to anticipate change and act with confidence.
We hope you find this downloadable useful!