Whole Foods has released its predictions for the top trends and products that will dominate the food industry in 2017.
The list includes items such as wellness tonics, purple cauliflower, coconut chips, and beet noodles.
The experts who made the list are in charge of tracking consumer behavior and buying food and other products for the 365 by Whole Foods stores.
Here are eight of the top trends they identified:
Wellness tonics
Tonics with botanicals that have roots in alternative medicine will be popular in 2017, according to Whole Foods.
The most popular ingredients right now include kava, Tulsi/holy basil, turmeric, apple cider vinegar, medicinal mushrooms (like reishi and chaga), and adaptogenic herbs (maca and ashwagandha). Some of the hottest products right now with these ingredients include Kor Organic Raw Shots, Suja Drinking Vinegars and Temple Turmeric Elixirs, according to the company.
Coconut everything
Coconut will be one of the hottest ingredients of 2017. There are now coconut flour tortillas, coconut sugar aminos, and coconut chips, among other products.
Purple food
Purple food is becoming more mainstream, including purple cauliflower, sweet potatoes, corn, and asparagus.
Byproducts
Companies are making better use of waste.
"Whether it's leftover whey from strained Greek yogurt or spent grains from beer, food producers are finding innovative - and delicious - ways to give byproducts new life," according to Whole Foods.
For example, Eco-Olea is using water from its olive oil production as the base for a household cleaner line and Sir Kensington's is repurposing leftover liquid from cooking chickpeas in a vegan mayo.
Creative condiments
Whole Foods says to look out for black sesame tahini, habanero jam, ghee, pomegranate molasses, black garlic purée, date syrup, plum jam with chia seeds, beet salsa, Mexican hot chocolate spreads, sambal oelek or piri piri sauce, Mina Harissa, and Frontera adobo sauces (Ancho, Chipotle and Guajillo varieties).
Alternative pasta
Alternative grain noodles are growing in popularity. They are made from a variety of plant-based products like quinoa, lentils, and chickpeas, spiralized veggies, and kelp.
Oven-ready meal kits
Fresh oven-ready meal kits and vegetable medleys are on the rise as people look for quick, easy, cheap ways to make home-cooked meals.
Japanese food beyond sushi
"Japanese-inspired eating is on the rise and it doesn't look anything like a sushi roll," according to Whole Foods.
Ponzu, miso, mirin, sesame oil, seaweed, Japanese-style pickles, and plum vinegar are some of the ingredients in Japanese food that are growing in popularity.
