The best and worst food trends of the year

From the leaven bread of stress to drink cocktails to drink, we crossed a lot this year.


2020 was a lot of things, but above all, it was unpredictable. ThePandemic of Covid-19 all forced us to adapt to a more hygienic, socially distant lifestyle, edifying almost all the industries literally overnight, andThe food industry is no exception.

The pandemic has had a profound impact on food suppliers and the way we consume it, giving birth by inadvertently to a part of theThe best trends in this year's food. We will take a look.

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The best trends in the food of 2020

Digital menus, mobile orders and border pickup

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With the traditional dining room hanging, the restaurants had to adapt to serving people while minimizing human interactions, leading to the rise of the mobile order and the collection of the border. At the beginning of the pandemic, Starbucks needed customers to order via the mobile app, whileMcDonalds andDomino Layout introduced on the edge of curbs, bringing your order directly to your parking space (or sidewalk for us City Folk).

Although sit-down services have resumed, many restaurants have replaced paper menus with digital people, accessible by scanning a QR code at the table. Some, like the popularsea ​​bass Restaurant in Brooklyn, even as customers place their orders and pay on their phones, almost eliminating the need for a server.

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The end of the $ 15 salad

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Working from home has made easy for traditional office workers to make homemade lunches, leaving too expensive office lunch clips, such as oaks and sweetedgreen completely empty. These rapid casual spots that used to have lines on the door now have tumuzoids rolling in front. Why spend $ 15 on a caterpillar salad with almonds and apricots when you can make a fraction of the price? The expensive designer salad is a trend that was to die. Good riddance.

Dure Seltzer

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HARD SELTZER was also on our list of hottest2019 Food TrendsBut this year he exploded in popularity. Almost all the major names of Booze launched a spiked selTzer line. Corona, Bud Light, Natty, Four Loko, Smirnoff, Montauk,Kirkland Costco signing lineAnd even PBR all came out with competitors at the all-powerful white claw. In reality,White Claw alone at the Budweiser Claw last yearAnd the claw does not show any sign of withdrawal. Nielsen claims that there isMore than 65 Hard Seltzer brands on the market now Compared to only 30 last year, so it may not be long before SelTzer is safe from beer.

Massive cocktail pockets

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The forced closure of bars and restaurants in March has led to many states in legalization of alcohol sales for the first time, turning each city in New Orleans. This led to places offering cocktails to go to massive 17 ounce pockets (and sometimes even larger), much larger than a traditional drink serving, making this summer the summer of the summer of summerSuns Adult Capri. Once you start drinking craft cocktails in the street, you can never go back.

Homemade bread

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It was impossible to scroll through your social media flows in early April without seeing countless breads ofbread at home. Perhaps perhaps it was because of the shortage of bread in grocery stores. Maybe it was due to the popularity ofBig British cooking. It may be because people finally had enough time on their hands to make a bread from scratch. And because leaven does not need yeast, it has become every project to start the baker from the novice baker. As the updated version of the old adage happens, "give a man a loaf of bread and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to make a loaf of bread and he will eat during a life."

Plants

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Plant-based trends continued to increase this year despite everyone turning to shams.Chobani and oat-based yogurt introduced, andVan Leeuwen introduced a line of ice cream with oat milk. Burger King started testing breakfast sandwiches with herbal sausages after the success of the impossible Whopper, whileJr. Jr. and Carl Herdee, added beyond sausage sandwiches On the menu of the breakfast of the chain. The most interesting, however, is the rise of "fish" products without fish. A company,Good catch, has expanded its presence of groceries and won three prizes this year for its plants crab cakes and tuna.

Fudge Brownie M & MS

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These hit the market right when the pandemic went Haywire, leaving millions of people to sit in bed and snacks impatiently. And what better is stress snack that in chocolate filled with more chocolate? The Fudge Brownie Filling recalls a little debbie Cosmic Brownie: sweet, dense and mellow. These M & MS have a taste like brownies of bite size covered with candies. What's not to love?

The worst food trends of 2020

Bizarre coffee flavors

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The M & MPs are not the only ones to concoct creative flavors. The flavored coffee cuppers have always been popular, but the flavors now go well beyond the vanilla of hazelnut and French vanilla. Now there is Funfetti, Snickers, Oneo and French Toast, just to name a few.

The homework revolution allowed people to give up their Starbucks in favor of a brewed cup at home, putting light on new creamy varieties. Although it's always good to have choices, some of them simply do not know. International room has just announced aFruited pebbles with flavored cream It will hit the market next year. Raw! There is a reason why you soak your cereals in milk and not coffee.

The return of dunkaroos

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Beloved 90-year-old snackmakes his return triumphant this year, But will it come back his anterior glory? The cookies of the size of a bite with one side of the icing were all rabies in the cafeterias of the primary school 20 years ago but have regularly diminished in popularity while the awareness of health has increased in the 2000s . The nostalgic millennia for their childhood can buy a pack or two, but it is difficult to believe that parents today would make Dunkaroos a base of the lunch box of their child now that there is so much emphasis on the Creating healthy habits.

The end of the McDonald's breakfast day all day

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The fans of McGridle rejoiced in 2015 when McDonald's deployed the breakfast all day in all its stores at the national level. Unfortunately, breakfast throughout the day was one of the most victims of Covid, withMcDonald pulls the card One week only after the start of the lock, aimed at "simplifying operations" for its franchisees. Without any project announced to return, combined with the fact that people do not go to breakfast as much during the pandemic, the breakfast all day can end up in theMcGraveyard with McPizza and MCDLT.

Restaurants at all times due to Covid

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It was perhaps the saddest food trend of this year. The restaurants worked as usual one day, only forcing to close the following indefinitely. While most restaurants have turned to the starting and delivery, that the only income alone was just not enough, forcing permanent closures from an ocean to the coast. The favorites of the city of New York like Baohaus and Otto have closed their doors forever, and this trend does not seem to slow down. The National Restaurant Association estimated in September that100,000 restaurants nationwide had closed, and except federal help, this number will probably grow.

Abandoned grocery products due to Covid

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Restaurants are not the only ones to repel these days. Locks and social distancing have created shortages alongside the offer,Leaving holes on grocery shelves.Amy's cuisine reduced its product line of 228 products to only 71. Pepsicico interrupted 20% of its products, whileProgresso has almost reduced its selection of soup, with 40 varieties disappearing from an original 89 (fortunately,We all knew they all and chose the top 10)

Pandemic Limitations Forced brands to put in place with a psychological phenomenon called "the paradox of choice", which claims that consumers become overwhelmed when they face too many similar choices. So, while it can be initially discouraged not to be able to buy your favorite, long-term soup, this can lead to shorter and less stressful trips to the grocery store.

Boozy ice cream

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The Boozy Ice Cream has been around for a few years now. But with people stuck at home consuming copious amounts of liquor and ice, it is not surprising that the Lovechild between the two exploded in popularity. Brands such as Tipsy Scoop and Nutting, the flavors of Mercer dairy vessels with 5% Abv, the former infused of alcoholic beverages, this last infused wine. The trend becomes so big thatGOV. Legalized Cuomo Ice Infused Alcohol In New York This summer in an effort to stimulate both alcohols and dairy producers during these difficult times. Trinquires to that!

Food comfort all day, every day

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The last decade can all be on healthy habits, but 2020 has, without question, the year of comfort food. When we are stressed, we turn to childhood staples like Oreos, Pizza, Mac and Cheese. An investigation of 2,000 Americans revealed that pizza consumption is up 55%, up 48% burgers and the ice cream up 46%. Our comfort of the cravings of food are so strong that, oddly, 35% of respondents to a Farmhouse investigation Of the 2,000 people reported name their child "pizza" to receive a pizza life offer. This trend may not be a great health, but if it can quench our collective anxiety for even a little, eat!

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