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Desserts Spotlight Report 2026

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Desserts Spotlight Report 2026

Consumer Behavior

A comprehensive guide to future-proofing your desserts proposition, offering forward-thinking insights and actionable strategies to position your business as a market leader​


Win with Desserts

An in‑depth guide to Out‑of‑Home desserts, delivering inspiration across innovative, premium, and authentic offerings to enhance your product portfolio

With key insights to support:

Sales & Commercial

Category & Insight

Innovation & NPD

C-Suite

Topics included:

| Who is the Dessert Consumer?

| Innovative Desserts

| Premium Desserts

| Authentic Desserts

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Unpick the most common problems within the desserts industry

Understand the Out-Of-Home Desserts Consumer​​: Deep dive into how often consumers eat desserts when out, investigate influential factors and cross-examine consumer groups to fine tune your targeting​

Gain a bird’s eye view of the desserts category​​: Understand share of consumption the total opportunity for 20+dessert categories and how that differentiates by demographic splits​

Explore opportunities within innovative, premium and authentic desserts​​: Explore current engagement in these spaces, forecast future behavioural changes and explore key drivers to ensure you stand out from a saturated market​

Inform a winning desserts strategy​​: Turn insights into action to strengthen your offering, outpace the competition, and lead the market with confidence​

Ready to win in desserts?

NIQ’s Food Insights 2026 report series provides a comprehensive guide to key trends in out-of-home eating, it includes insights into consumers’ latest preferences, and deep dives into hot topics including technology, sustainability, plant-based eating and more. 

Download more information about the Desserts Spotlight Report 2026.

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