Beverage Trends 2023

The top product trends under my radar

Have you ever realized that we always discuss trends in December/January, like “it’s all changing with the New Year” ?

The best moment to understand trends – if not everyday –  is when you shape your strategy because the last thing you want is to make plans in a vacuum.

Don’t get this wrong, Trends are not about predicting the future. Trends are an expression of something that has been happening for some time. Of course you can use it to anticipate where this is all going.

Here are the 10 product focused trends I’ll be following closely. I’ll post regularly about this on insta @newdrinkshub

1. "Better" is Better

“Better for you“  is not even a trend anymore, it’s a given. It’s not premium it’s mainstream. It’s a right to play. True for Beer, RTD,…. And this year we’ll see it growing big in wine too.

Better stats, better ingredients, better for the community, better everything…

Sustainability and Hyper transparency are certainly some of the hottest opportunities. Calories could become a talking point that doesn’t only pop up as a product claim but as a datapoint driving consumers choice.

Of course non alc and low alc is part of this!

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Dry Jan

A bit of history

Dry Jan is here so … whether you are part of the 35% of American doing it or not, there’s going to be a lot of talks about it. And if you’re more into “Sober October” or “Tournee Minerale” in France and Belgium all I’m going to say is still valid.

Abstinence is nothing new. There’s been many historical times during which the consumption of alcohol was forbidden. Think about Prohibition in USA (1920-1933), in Canada (1918-1920), in Finland (1919-1932) or the very intense pressure from Temperance organizations throughout the 19th and 20th centuries (mostly in English speaking, protestant countries). I’m Belgian and as far as I remember, I have never known any prohibition.

Brewing non alcoholic

Dry Jan is a different story though, in the sense it is a personal decision! A kind of lifestyle personal challenge whichever way you take it. In all disclosure I never do it. I just feel like my consumption is about right so…

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