# 2026: A Turning Point for Food and Beverage on Health, Tech and Consumer Trends Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-for-thought-197017/2026-a-turning-point-for-food-and-beverage-on-health-tech-and-consumer-trends Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-for-thought-197017/2026-a-turning-point-for-food-and-beverage-on-health-tech-and-consumer-trends.md Podcast: [Food For Thought](https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-for-thought-197017) Published: 2026-01-15T03:30:20+00:00 Episode link: https://fpfoodforthought.podbean.com/e/2026-a-turning-point-for-food-and-beverage-on-health-tech-and-consumer-trends/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/k575pswbnj9id2s7/FFT_2601_dongoski_black_kearney_2026_food_bev_retail_outlook77f1j.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/food-for-thought-197017/episodes/2026-a-turning-point-for-food-and-beverage-on-health-tech-and-consumer-trends Duration seconds: 1392 ## Resource According to consulting firm Kearney’s insights, 2026 is a turning point for food and beverage processors on several levels in a rewired food system, and it could lead to what we at Food Processing are calling ”the great reformulation.” ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/food-for-thought-197017/episodes/2026-a-turning-point-for-food-and-beverage-on-health-tech-and-consumer-trends/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-for-thought-197017/2026-a-turning-point-for-food-and-beverage-on-health-tech-and-consumer-trends.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.