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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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Yogurt
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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."
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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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Where we are now
In the next two years
In five years and beyond
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
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
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