From slicing and dicing and salad prep to churning out coffee, slinging burgers, and making pizzas to serving and delivering, robots are enhancing the dining experience and are emerging in the beauty space. Trendincite LLC releases the Top 5 2024 Trends & Beyond predictions.

Stauffer's Simply Animals features vibrant, playful packaging with winsome characters – it also contains no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial colors or flavors, and is peanut-free.

Chartwells K12 assembled its fourth annual food trends for kids list drawing on decades of experience and expertise in understanding children's food preferences, coupled with data from serving over 2 million meals a day in school districts across nearly 40 states.

With nearly 50% of Lunchables consumed as a snack, the debut of Dunkables is the latest example of the brand’s commitment and extension into the snacking category.

“More and more research is looking at our gut microbiome and how it plays an integral role in affecting our immune system, brain health and other body functions,” says Dr. Samara Sterling, a nutrition scientist and research director for The Peanut Institute. “These findings are exciting because the students consumed a relatively small amount of peanuts each day but the impact on their memory and mood was statistically significant.”

Functional kids nutrition brand Yumi is expanding its retail footprint by introducing its line of organic, nutrient dense snacks to Whole Foods this fall.

Each Girl Scout Cookie™ inspired flavor variety features a crunchy center with a soft, non-sticky peanut butter coating for easy on-the-go snacking.

Offering a childhood favorite reimagined, NotCo’s NotChicken™ Dino Nuggets feature a combination of ingredients including fava beans, bamboo and peach powder to deliver a crispy, plant-based chicken.

Each 10oz bag includes three shapes – Caulisaurus Rex, Broccliosaurus and Foot Fossil. The dino-shaped tots are for air fryers and can be enjoyed from freezer to table in less than 10 minutes.

Kerrygold Cheese Snacks are gluten-free and a good source of protein, for an instant snack, packed in a lunchbox for the kids.