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The Future of Yogurt and Chilled Desserts
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Published Date: April 02, 2026 | "Brands are pushing their health and nutrition agendas further than ever before." Caroline Roux, Consultant Analyst…
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The Future of Yogurt and Chilled Desserts

Published Date: April 02, 2026

"Brands are pushing their health and nutrition agendas further than ever before."

Caroline Roux, Consultant Analyst

Caroline Roux, Consultant Analyst

Discover the future trends in the global yogurt and desserts market with Mintel’s Future Of report. The report identifies the key consumer and industry trends that will impact the global desserts industry over the next five years.

The most important upcoming trends in yogurt and desserts are analysed and succinctly presented alongside relevant insights from Mintel’s consumer data. So you can understand how consumer demands will change and identify future innovation and growth opportunities.

This report also presents Mintel’s analysts’ pick of the most innovative and inspirational launches in yogurt and chilled desserts. Understanding the future of the industry has never been so easy.

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  1. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

    • Where we are now
    • In the next two years
    • In five years and beyond
  2. IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS

    • Mintel’s perspective
    • Optimise metabolic health in young adults
    • Metabolic health is becoming a holistic path to wellbeing
    • Yogurt brands can address GLP-1 users’ nutritional and physiological needs
    • Establish yogurt as a solution that targets the broader aspects of metabolic health
    • Help consumers establish a sleep routine, and be part it
    • Help women manage hormonal fluctuations during their cycle
    • Build children’s resilience
    • Children’s weight is a matter of concern for parents and governments
    • Brands make ‘baby steps’ to improve the nutritional profile of yogurt and desserts for children
    • Connect the dots between gut health and weight management
    • Champion children’s mental, physical, emotional and social wellbeing
    • Protect seniors’ mobility
    • Align with the longevity movement by supporting preventative diet-related health
    • Fibre will make desserts a permissible indulgence
    • Offer dual-purpose solutions for inflammation reduction and joint/muscle health
    • Creatine will expand into the healthy ageing sector
  3. IN FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND

    • Mintel’s perspective
    • Anticipate consumers’ changing eating habits at breakfast time
    • Advance inclusive nutrition for neurodivergent children
    • Support senior women with sports nutrition products that address their unique nutritional and physical needs
    • Graph 1: select motivations to exercise among women, per age group, 2023
    • Key takeaways

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