Drink Trends

American consumers often like to tinge their indulgences with something they perceive as being good for them. Hence the growing popularity of dark chocolate, albeit enhanced with sugar and fat, and green tea, often sweetened, flavored with fruit...

Every week, Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality and Datassential team up to bring you information and data on a growing menu trend. In 2021, we started by talking about guajillo pepper, the dry, smoky chile, and will end it with the...

The latest dairy-free darling of coffee shops, oat milk is outpacing all other alternative milk varieties on restaurant menus. Created through a simple process of blending and then straining oats and water, oat milk has a thick, creamy texture...

A carnival classic, cotton candy combines nostalgia and whimsy with playful colors and a familiar airy texture of spun sugar. While cotton candy may be found packaged on retail shelves, restaurant operators are using this sweet treat in more...