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A food trend is a preparation, ingredient, or dish that achieves commercial popularity in restaurants, home cooking, or prepared foods. Like other industries worldwide, the food industry monitors and participates in fads and trends so that its products will be popular among consumers.

1930s

 * Canned food

1950s

 * "Stay-at-home" housewives
 * macaroni and cheese
 * rice pudding
 * television food advertisements

1960s

 * Spaghetti bolognese
 * White bread
 * Sugar-coated breakfast cereal
 * Out-of-season imported fresh fruits and vegetables
 * Food package design
 * Chinese, Indian, and other "foreign" food restaurants in Europe and North America

1970s

 * Fondue
 * red meat
 * fruit juice
 * plastic-wrapped bread loaves
 * potato flakes
 * frozen food
 * lasagne
 * supermarkets
 * pizza
 * pasta
 * yogurt
 * ice cream
 * extra virgin olive oil
 * french bread

1980s

 * Jambalaya and other Cajun dishes.
 * Pastas
 * "Gourmet" hamburgers
 * Nouvelle cuisine
 * Frozen meals
 * larger supermarket chains
 * sandwiches
 * microwave cooking
 * plastic milk bottles

1990s

 * Television celebrity chefs
 * Chicken tikka masala and other Indian dishes (particularly in the United Kingdom)
 * Exotic fruits and vegetables
 * Home baking
 * Chilled (as opposed to frozen prepared food
 * In-store bakeries in supermarkets
 * Convenience stores attached to gas stations
 * prewashed packaged salad greens
 * Granola bars

2000s

 * Sushi
 * Bacon
 * Cupcakes
 * Sliders
 * Kobe beef and Angus beef hamburgers
 * Acai, pomegranate, blueberry and other "superfruit"s
 * Oils
 * Kashi, polenta, risotto, and other whole grains
 * "artisan" bread, cheese, and chocolate
 * Coffee and tea
 * Slow food
 * Organic food
 * The local food movement
 * Functional food
 * Flexitarianism
 * Tapas and other small plates
 * Microbrewery beer
 * Sustainable seafood
 * Specialty salts
 * Martinis
 * Fusion cuisine
 * Flabreads
 * Mojitos