Trend cluster
Category

Boosted
Addition

New formats allow people to easily integrate immunity-boosting ingredients.

Immune System-Boosting SyrupsHealth-Focused Mushroom BrothsImmunity-Boosting Mushroom SupplementsImmune-Boosting Dietary SupplementsImmunity-Boosting Fermented Dressings

Trend

What is the Boosted Addition trend?

Boosted Addition: Immunity-boosting ingredients are being incorporated into people's food and beverage items in new formats--as powders and even condiments that help those consuming them improve their immune health.

Insight

The consumer insight behind the Boosted Addition trend

The average consumer who's concerned with keeping up with their nutrition goals often looks for ways to do so without having to change their entire routine to suit specific diets or lifestyle changes. What's easier for these individuals is finding products they they can integrate into existing routines so that achieving their health-related goals doesn't involve too much effort.

Trend themes

Themes within the Boosted Addition trend

Three behaviours holding the trend together
01

Immunity-Boosting Food and Beverages

With the ongoing pandemic, consumers increasingly prefer products that are simple to integrate into their everyday diet without significant changes.

02

Natural, Organic, and Sustainable Ingredients

Natural, organic, and sustainable ingredients are becoming more popular as consumers are increasingly conscious of their health and the environment.

03

Functional Mushrooms

Functional mushrooms are on the rise as immunity-boosting supplements and ingredient for food and beverages.

Industry implications

What the Boosted Addition trend means for industry

Where the trend changes the playbook
For

Food and Beverage

Companies can create immunity-boosting food, beverages, and supplements that are easy to integrate into consumers' existing routines.

For

Health and Wellness

As consumers prioritize their health amid the pandemic, companies have an opportunity to offer health and wellness products that enhance immunity-boosting, using natural and organic ingredients.

For

Natural Supplements

Functional mushrooms and other natural supplements are an emerging market in the health industry with a strong potential to disrupt the traditional pharmaceutical industry.

Workshop question

How could your brand better integrate its product/service into its customers' routines?

Trend signals

Trend signals for Boosted Addition

Trend score 4.6 out of 10, from popularity 71%, activity 57%, freshness 9%.

Popularity71%
Activity57%
Freshness9%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
  • Gen Alpha (not a primary audience)
  • Gen Z
  • Millennial
  • Gen X
  • Boomer
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific