Adrienne Smith has returned from Summer Fancy Food, and Jessica Rubino has returned from maternity leave! There’s a lot to celebrate on this episode of The Natural List Podcast.

What did Jessica miss these last four months? A lot has happened in the CPG world, including a successful Expo West, plenty of protein products and so much more. Adrienne catches her up on the big industry events, and Jessica catches us up on the newest fan of the podcast: Gigi!

With Adrienne’s timely return from Summer Fancy Food in NYC, she brings us the rundown of the top trends she noticed on the show floor. Innovative packaging (looking at you, Honey Department!), dates galore, probiotics popping up in unexpected ways and bone broth in nearly every format imaginable. We predicted bone broth as one of the biggest trends of this year, and it’s fulfilling to see it coming true in such full force! Listen to the full episode to hear all of Adrienne’s must-see CPG and natural products trends from Summer Fancy Food.

Thank you to our sponsors, GnuSante and ZEGO Foods.

In this episode:

• 0:11 – Thank you to our sponsor ZEGO Foods.
• 1:20 – Welcome back to our co-host, Jessica Rubino!
• 2:32 – Where has Jessica been? Welcoming the newest fan of The Natural List, baby Gigi!
• 4:52 – Adrienne enjoyed spotting NEXTY Products out in the wild while at Pop Up Grocer in NYC.
• 5:39 – Jessica and Adrienne share an obsession with novelty food hats.
• 7:13 – Thank you to our sponsor GnuSante.
• 8:00 – Adrienne describes her first experience at the “Fancy Shmancy” Food Show put on by the Specialty Food Association!
• 8:52 – Adrienne got sucked into the innovative products in the River area, plus all of the new faces in the Naturally Network and Startup CPG areas.
• 10:59 – Jessica is a blank slate when it comes to trends after her time off. Adrienne fills her in on what she missed!
• 11:09 – Bone broth, as predicted, is still going strong! Highlighting marrō, a sparkling protein soda, Beck’s Broth bone broth hot chocolate and Reclamation Foods Korean-style bone broth.
• 14:10 – How are retailers making room for innovation in the bone broth category?
• 15:02 – Could this be an opportunity to make bone broth more accessible, price-wise?
• 16:16 – Global flavors are still seeping into new categories! Lots of Matcha and Guava flavors.
• 16:19 - BARI, Asian-inspired baby food pouches
• 17:55 - Chenzi, a mochi-meets-dumpling potato ball.
• 18:19 - Purple Drop, a peruvian purple corn drink.
• 18:45 – Nadas Empanadas has a new guava and cheese flavor.
• 18:59 – Dairy innovation is still happening (and delicious!)
• 19:01 – Bezi Labneh
• 19:06 – Sour Milk Yogurt
• 19:08 – Etelka Cottage Cream is the curd-less cousin of cottage cheese.
• 19:19 – Recre8 protein ice cream
• 19:34 – Dates are standing the test of time and still popular! Date-sweetened products and a celebration of dates themselves.
• 20:03 – French Squirrel stuffed dates are an oldie but a goodie.
• 20:28 – Honey Department’s packaging was so innovative. It is packaged in an aluminum tube!
• 21:22 – Cupuaçu is a Brazillian cousin of cacao. Figa foods is making a chocolate bar made from this bean.
• 23:59 – Read more about Adrienne’s favorite trends from Summer Fancy Food in this article.