7 Types Of Food And Drinks That Are Trending In 2021, Any Favorites?

Illustration of food trending 2021 (Unsplash/Brands&People)

JAKARTA – The pandemic has contributed to influencing people's preferences, including snacks and culinary delights. There are a number of traditional foods that are packaged in a modern way and are becoming a trend.

Some special holiday menus also never shift to become favorites. Awareness of choosing healthy food has also increased since before especially during the pandemic. Are the 7 types of food and drinks that are trending in 2021 below your favorite?

1. Food for the big day

Rendang is often a mandatory dish during Eid, said Santi Panjaitan -the marketing manager of Tetra Pak Indonesia- in a virtual discussion on Kitchen Cabinet: What's Trending in 2021, Thursday, December 9. Santi also added that the frog chicken menu is also a special food during the Christmas celebration.

Besides these two foods, coconut milk has not subsided to become a favorite dish during big day celebrations or family events. Coconut milk from quality coconuts needs to be chosen, explained Kenedy Hermawan as marketing manager for PT Kara Santan Pertama, in order to get the best and most enjoyable taste from the preparations that are served to your beloved family.

Illustration of contemporary food (Unsplash/Kouji Tsuru)

2. Dessert or dessert

Desserts, generally have a sweet taste. Santi added, the most popular during the pandemic, especially this year, include bomboloni, teflon milk pie, and dalgona candy. Even snack cakes such as sago cakes are still popular.

3. Drinks

Creation never fades, in fact, during a pandemic, creativity makes drinks even more creative. Including many people who are willing to stir dalgona, make boba drinks, to mix their coffee with coconut milk or coconut milk to get a savory taste.

Illustration of virtual discussion about trending food 2021 (Special Doc)

4. MSME Products

Food that is packaged in a box and is a fussion trend this year, Santi added again. These foods include mentai salmon, croffles or croissants that are processed like waffles, and Korean garlic bread.

5. Traditional food packaged in a modern way

Magdalena, as a food reviewer, underlines and completes the list of food trends for 2021. According to her, traditional foods that are packaged in a modern way and included in small and medium businesses include klepon cake and cendol dessert boxes.

6. Sourdough

Chef Marinka also highlighted the habit at home to inspire someone to cook. According to him, many people tried to make sourdough to make it popular this year. Sourdough is a type of bread that is processed through a fermentation process to break down the flour content so that the glycemic index decreases.

Cooking, Chef Rinrin, can be both therapeutic and enjoyable. Therefore, there are lots of small businesses that start from the hobby of cooking and selling their dishes so as to help the financial aspect or even just to get pleasure.

7. Healthy food

Still boxed food that is a trend, is food related to the diet menu. For example, plant-based foods, as well as healthy flexitarian diet menus. Chef Rinrin recalls back in 2019, when before the pandemic, in the Netherlands, he attended a food festival with a plant-based menu.

"It is possible that healthy foods will continue to trend because it is accompanied by public awareness to consume foods that promote their health," said Chef Marinka.