Finding Your Flavor Edge
March 19
Step into the future of flavor with Kerry’s 2026 Taste Charts, your blueprint for building the next generation of private brand innovation. The 2026 Charts spotlight What’s NOW, What’s NEW, and What’s NEXT across seven categories, revealing dominant flavors, the fastest growers, and the emerging profiles poised to break through in the next 12 months. Rooted in global insights and advanced analytics, the 2026 landscape highlights bold directions like Maximalist Flavor, Category Crashers, Elevated Staples, and Everyday Escapism—all designed to help brands stay ahead of shifting consumer desires.
Jocelyn Carter
Activation Marketing Director
Kerry
Jocelyn Carter is Activation Marketing Director at Kerry where she works with customers across retail, foodservice, convenience and traditional consumer packaged goods. She focuses on creatively executing customer engagements, leading with consumer insights and marketplace trends, and bringing to life Kerry’s sustainable nutrition strategy. Over her 10-year career at Kerry, Jocelyn has worked across functions, teams and channels, building a reputation as a problem solver and innovative thinker. She led the development of Kerry’s best-in-class innovation xcelerator program, iXp, to meet customer demand in an everchanging and fast-paced industry.