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Seeing 2020

Here they are: the trendiest foods, drinks
and products for the year ahead.

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SNACKS

Big Cheese

Thanks to the keto diet—and America’s obsession with low-carb
snacks—we’re now eating cheese like potato chips. The snack
aisles are full of cheese in the form of puffs (Cheesepop) and crisps
(ParmCrisps). And one cheesy snack has made a big comeback:
Just the Cheese baked cheese bars exploded in popularity
during the Atkins craze of the early 2000s but disappeared when
the diet fell out of fashion. The company relaunched with
keto-friendly packaging in 2017, and now its bites and bars are
among the best-selling cheese snacks on Amazon!

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Buzz
SWEET STUFF
CAFFEINE

Sales of packaged coffee drinks like canned lattes and bottled cold brew
increased 16 percent over the last year, and the caffeine craze has It’s a Date
inspired some unexpected mashups.

The FDA is now enforcing a
Granola Snack Bar Liqueur dairy drink Malt Drink rule that requires major food
companies to list added sugars
on nutrition labels. So some
companies are swapping
processed sugar for natural
sweeteners like honey, maple
syrup and…dates. Brands
including Wanna Date?, Date
Lady and Just Date are selling CHEESE SNACKS, CAFFEINE PRODUCTS, WINE AND MANGO LASSI: RALPH SMITH.
date-based spreads, syrups and
sauces. Meanwhile, the super- DATES: GETTY IMAGES. SHELLFISH-FREE SHRIMP: NEW WAVE FOODS.
sweet fruit has become a staple
in better-for-you brownie, cookie
and truffle recipes. Medjool dates
Coffee + Cacao Jägermeister Oikos are definitely more nutritious
Granola Pro Fuel $10 for four; than refined sweeteners, but
$6; cacaovita.com $13 for six; From $25; retailers $2.50; retailers lacolombehardcoldbrew take note: A serving of two still
amazon.com nationwide nationwide .com for stores has 32 grams of sugar!

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