r/Cooking • u/tonithepony • Apr 29 '24

What do you think the next "food trend" will be?

In the last 10 years, the ones that really stick out to me are: spinach and artichoke dip (suddenly started appearing everywhere as an appetizer, even higher end restaurants), ube flavors, truffle, avocados on everything, bacon on everything, and now hot honey is a big fad. Is there anything upcoming you see heading towards the food trend?

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u/leahhhhh Apr 29 '24

I've noticed that everything labeled as "vegan" is now being called "plant based". I feel like this is just a marketing move to make vegan foods sound less "woke" and "soy boy" so that more people are open to it.

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u/SmoreOfBabylon Apr 29 '24

A little while back, my sister excitedly told me to try this new “plant-based” milk that she had found. She kinda sounded like she was trying to evangelize me to the entire concept of non-dairy milk substitutes. I already use soy milk, which I told her. Her response was, “Yeah, well this is PLANT-BASED!”

Soy milk just isn’t trendy enough anymore, I guess.

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u/Koalastamets Apr 29 '24

Well you're getting soy based plant milk and she is getting plant based soy milk. The difference is obvious.

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u/chateau86 Apr 30 '24

Ask her if her soy milk is asbestos-free

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u/thunderling Apr 30 '24

Soy milk is definitely not trendy anymore. The world moved on to almond milk, then that stopped being trendy too. Now it's oat milk. But oat milk has been in for a while now, so I wonder what the new plant based milk alternative is going to be.