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The 6 most exciting food and beverage industry trends to embrace in 2020 (and yes, climate change is the leitmotif)

Ioana Negulescu
11 min readJan 15, 2020

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Whether you work in the hospitality industry or just have a refined palate and honest love of the gourmet world, discover the 6 most exciting food and beverage industry trends to embrace in 2020.

This is not a ‘what has dethroned what’ type of article. The food and beverage industries are responsible for some of the biggest damages to our planet. This article is an ode to the people, businesses and projects that aim to tackle climate change, all while still providing us with delectable goodness to indulge in.

1. Next-level plant-based food

Climate change has been an important topic in recent years. The meat and dairy industries are disrupted by a global quest to shift the paradigm. Movements such as Veganuary, Meat-Free Mondays, World Vegan Month and flexitarianism, are all pushing for a reduction in meat and dairy consumption.

Meat substitutes

As a natural progression, this has led to innovations in the food sector, such as meat substitutes. A few…

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Ioana Negulescu
Ioana Negulescu

Written by Ioana Negulescu

Multilingual millennial multipotentialite. Food writer and chief epicure officer at berriesandspice.com. Head of Studio. MSc in Business. Creative pragmatist.

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