A Year of Innovation in the Coffee Market 2023

Explore the latest global innovations across the global coffee market in 2023. Our coffee industry report identifies evolving areas, consumer attitudes, and important advances expected across regions like EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.

Innovation in Coffee – EMEA

Sustainability claims are on the rise among coffee launches in Europe. In order to keep up with consumer demand, many brands are focusing on sustainability initiatives and making packaging changes.

Innovating with eco-friendly packaging is a tangible way for coffee brands to reduce their environmental impact, whether through offering refill packs or removing non-recyclable elements. Meanwhile, using sustainable transport methods can help reduce the overall environmental impact of coffee production.

• 88% of Italian adults say that they intentionally choose products with sustainability claims over others.

Innovation in Coffee – APAC

In Asia, there is a growing subset of coffee consumers who are keen to discover new and exciting flavour combinations from added flavourings.

• 46% of coffee consumers in India say that more flavour varieties in RTD coffee would encourage them to purchase.

Consumers’ keenness on flavour experimentation demonstrates the importance for brands to continue innovating around new and in-demand flavour profiles. Doing this will both engage current category consumers and also expand the coffee audience.

Innovation in Coffee – Americas

To cope with rising prices, many consumers in North America are cutting back on foodservice coffee expenditure and instead they are preparing coffee at home.

To attract home coffee consumers and stand out in a crowded market, coffee brands are innovating around desirable attributes such as sustainability and convenient packaging along with unique brewing processes.

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Expert Insight from a Leading Analyst

This report, written by Mikolaj Kaczorowski, a leading innovation analyst, delivers in-depth coffee industry analysis to highlight global innovations and add expert context to the numbers.

Inflation is driving an increase in homemade and premade coffee consumption. Sustainability and flavours continue to drive innovation.

Mikolaj Kaczorowski
Innovation Analyst