Apr 27, 2026
Nandini Roy Choudhury is client partner, Food and Beverage, at Future Market Insights. She is an experienced research professional and client research partner at ESOMAR-certified market research and consulting firm Future Market Insights (FMI). FMI is headquartered in Dubai, with offices
Apr 16, 2024
As sustainability continues to drive consumer demand, alternative proteins on menus are starting to become a powerful tool to combat climate change across the globe and boost restaurant bottom lines. Leading companies, stakeholders, and suppliers are steadily investing in the development of new capabilities and resources to address the challenges associated with climate change, and that can be an asset for operators.
Apr 11, 2024
The global functional food ingredient market is showcasing considerable growth due to high demand for personalized nutrition plans and dietary solutions.
Nov 27, 2023
In the Middle East, energy drinks have seamlessly integrated into our everyday lives. Therefore, it’s not just a mere trend but rather a lifestyle infusion. Individuals across the Middle East are regularly sipping the energy wave.
Oct 16, 2023
Nandini Roy Choudhury, client partner of F&B at Future Market Insights, uncovers the trends reshaping the market for carbonated beverages in the Middle East. Carbonated beverages have assimilated into Middle Eastern drinks culture. From the bustling streets of Cairo to the luxurious resorts of Dubai, carbonated drinks accommodate a wide range of consumer tastes in the region with varied flavors. Understanding the carbonated beverage market trends is essential for Middle Eastern hospitality professionals. Furthermore, it allows them to improve their beverage selection and satisfy consumers’ evolving tastes.
Oct 12, 2023
The growth of the organic tea and coffee market is accelerating, but is the cost to the producers and consumers justified by the environmental benefits? By Kathryn Brand..
Oct 10, 2023
The global probiotic strains market is on a steady upward trajectory, with a projected valuation of US$ 146 billion by 2032, significantly surpassing its 2022 value of US$ 65 billion. This remarkable growth is underpinned by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6 percent from 2022 to 2032.
Apr 13, 2023
No matter the season, sugar is an excellent component of many morning and evening cups of tea or coffee as well as a lovely staple of our festivities and daily lives. Cooks as well as consumers are becoming more interested in utilizing sugar replacements in their recipes, as more knowledge regarding the harmful effects of high fructose corn syrup and cane sugar on human health and the environment becomes available.
Mar 21, 2023
The wide range of nonalcoholic drinks available on the market—including juices, energy drinks, mocktails and smoothies, just to name a few—as well as their rising consumption, are influencing beverage producers to launch new flavors.
Mar 21, 2023
The wide range of nonalcoholic drinks available on the market—including juices, energy drinks, mocktails and smoothies, just to name a few—as well as their rising consumption, are influencing beverage producers to launch new flavors.
Aug 08, 2022
The food and beverage industry is undergoing a digital transformation. From large corporations to smaller, more flexible brands, companies are using digital technologies to collect more data regarding their workflow processes and to ensure safety and quality in food processing, packaging, and distribution. They use this information to transform their production systems and redefine how employees, processes, and assets work in the new environment.
Jul 01, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected people’s respiratory health but also their mental being. According to the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a 25% increase in anxiety and depression worldwide. Thus, the rising cases of mental health issues have increased dependency on therapies and medications to treat the same. This, in turn, has heightened the dependency on CBD products. As a result, people are seeking ways to calm their anxiety and, hence, the need for CBD products is rising at an impressive rate.
Jun 28, 2022
The development of robotics in the post pandemic scenario has changed the overall scenario for the industries, especially the restaurants industry. The prominence of food delivery and service robots has increased in the overall restaurant industry. This is owed to the uncertainties faced by the restaurants at the global level. In order to deal with these uncertainties, the top players had to work on bringing in technological advancements to survive and recover from the losses caused by the pandemic.
May 25, 2022
Pet food trends have substantially changed in the past few years. With increasing pet health concerns and trending pet diets, various types of pet foods such as artificial meat, plant-based food, and dehydrated food have been utilised by the pet food industry. The pandemic caused pet humanisation to increase significantly. The popularity of pet foods soared during the pandemic. Human-pet relationships improved during the..
Mar 10, 2022
Wine consumption is deeply ingrained across multiple cultures and global consumption has seen a considerable increase in the past several years. While per-capita wine consumption is the highest in Portugal, Italy, and France, amounting to over 35 litres per person per year, the U.S, China, and France are the largest markets given their cumulative population size.
Jan 19, 2022
Dairy is a ubiquitous part of food sector, ever present in both food service and packaged goods, whether as an end product (such as milk or yogurt) or as a critical input for iconic products such as cheese. Given its intrinsic presence, dairy is a microcosm of the food industry, with the preferences of dairy consumers largely being influenced by the same trends affecting the broader food sector.
Apr 27, 2020
Nandini Roy Choudhury, a senior research consultant with Future Market Insights (FMI), a global market research and consulting firm, examines how the coronavirus epidemic looks set to reshape some of the most popular food trends.
As a typical ‘black swan’ event, the COVID-19 pandemic is taking the world by complete surprise. The rapidly unfolding crisis is so for having little impact on the global food chain and the markets are relatively stable.
Feb 17, 2020
Sparkling tea is a small sub-segment of the ready-to-drink tea category, but as it taps into new healthy lifestyle trends, offers flavourful blends, appeals to younger consumers, and as innovative new players continue to enter the marketplace, sparkling teas are grabbing more shelf space.
Jan 30, 2020
Ning Yan's interview for a prestigious position at the National University of Singapore in 2012 included the traditional group dinner for such occasions – a plate of sauce-smothered chilli crab. He left after the meal with more than a full belly and a messy shirt.
Dec 04, 2019
As the favorite confectioneries of health-conscious Australians are sugar-free and/or vegan, manufacturers are rushing to meet these requests.
Aug 19, 2019
From healthy and bright to exotic ingredients, which are finding application in Mediterranean, Pacific, and Asian cuisine influences, international and ethnic food products have proliferated to all parts of the world. International and specialty food stores have opened up in large numbers, as an increasing number of consumers, most of whom are Millennials are demanding more interesting fare.
Jan 22, 2016
A growing demand for organic food, coupled with healthy eating trends and a preference for premium products, is driving the growth of the natural food preservatives sector, according to a report.
The report , by research company Future Market Insights (FMI), reveals how the preference for natural, organic and clean-label foods are being leveraged by natural preservative companies.