- What is it? It's so good!
- Millennials. It tastes like millennials.
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- (FBE) What would you consider to be a food of the future?
- (chuckles) "A food of the future." Anything that they send into space.
- Definitely not that weird space ice cream you can get
at the Air and Space Museum. - Maybe everything beyond meat.
- (FBE) Recently, Whole Foods actually released a list of foods
they expect to see more of next year. So, based off that list
and a few other sources, today you are gonna be trying
seven different foods which might become trends in 2020,
and we'll see if you think they will thrive or fail.
- Okay. Okay. I'm too poor to shop at Whole Foods, so this is gonna be
a super fun experience for me. - (FBE) Are you ready
for your first item? - Yes! Bring me all of 'em.
- What we got? Oh. Almond butter or is it peanut butter?
- No on peanut butter. I don't know. Just the consistency, ugh.
- It doesn't smell like peanut butter. It doesn't smell like anything.
That's what's weird. - I feel like I know the taste.
Is it almond butter? No?
- That's not peanut butter. I know this flavor.
What is this flavor? - I love peanut butter.
I literally would just-- I used to just eat peanut butter
as a meal. Hmm. Mm-hmm.
- A little dippage. It's a nut butter
or at least it tastes like one. - (FBE) So, with the rise
of alternative foods comes chickpea butter.
- What? What?! What? - (snickers) So, it's hummus.
(laughs) Okay. - Blessed be to the chickpea.
I am SO down for that. Okay! - I actually had a salad last night
with a million chickpeas on it, and I scooped them all up
and threw them in the trash, 'cause I don't particularly
like chickpeas. - (FBE) So, this is alternative
is available in creamy and crunchy options
and contains only chickpeas, olive oil, cane sugar,
and organic palm oil, which makes it a perfect alternative
for people allergic to nuts. - No freakin' way.
This is not peanuts at all? Ohhhh, wow!
- I don't like the consistency of peanut butter,
and it actually tastes like peanut butter.
- I like this more than almond butter. Almond butter kind of seems
a little runny. - What I'm thinking right now
is if this is healthy or unhealthy, 'cause it might seem
like a cool alternative, but palm oil, sugar...
It tastes bomb, though. It tastes good. It tastes good.
- It works really well. I absolutely love this.
I would definitely buy this. - (FBE) Here is your next item.
- Ooh! Good lord. Jesus. - It looks like feet.
It smells like pickled stuff. - At first, I thought it was chicken.
But I see some seeds. - Is this like a jackfruit?
It's really interesting, 'cause my friend's a chef,
and she told me that jackfruit is being used as a meat substitute.
- I don't like this one. - No. Not for me!
Putting that... right over there!
- Wow.
Millennials. It tastes like millennials.
- It's got the consistency of almost artichoke hearts.
I like it. What is it? - (FBE) So, what you just ate
is jackfruit. - Ohh! All right. All right.
- Yeah, I'll have to pass on this one.
I've had jackfruit before. I'm not a fan.
- I could tell, because it just-- just the shape of it.
When you chew into it, it's a very distinct feeling.
- It's weird, because it's a fruit or they call it a fruit,
but when you look at that and when you taste that,
definitely your brain is like, "Mm, are you sure, bitch?
'Cause it doesn't taste like any fruit I've ever had.
- (FBE) So, they are a species of tree in the fig, mulberry,
and breadfruit family. And it's believed
to originate from Asia. When it's raw and ripe,
the jackfruit typically tastes sweet and similar
to pineapples or mango. But when it is unripe,
it has a more neutral flavor, which often is used
as a meat replacement. - Okay. I feel like
I'd probably like it sweet. - Not for me.
I would like to try the ripe and sweet version.
That was disgusting.
- People make vegan pulled pork sandwiches
using jackfruit, which looks super cool
and I'm sure they're super tasty. I didn't really like the flavor
of this one, but I'm sure it's awesome in whatever way you cook it.
- I don't know that I'm going to purchase it, but if, I mean,
Popeye's makes a chicken sandwich out of it or something like that,
I'm gonna go get it. - (FBE) Here's your next item.
- You guys and the hot sauce. - Mmm!
Smells like barbecue-y? - Like a sweet and sour
almost sauce-- almost like a sweet and sour barbecue sauce.
- It's not spicy, but definitely has a little bit of flavor to it.
This is really good.
- Whoa. The [bleep]?
It's not spicy at all. What? It's hot sauce
without the hot.
- Oh, so into it.
Oh my god, yes. - What is it?!
It's so good! - (FBE) So, this is gochujang...
- Gochujang. - There's a giant brick of it
at my house. - (FBE) ...which is a red chili paste
that contains glutinous rice, fermented soybeans, salt,
and sometimes sweeteners. Even though this particular product
has been a staple in Korean cuisine for years, many are predicting
that in 2020 there will be a rise of fermented food products
like gochujang and kombucha. - Oh, yes. I mean, I drink
kombucha regularly, so I know that one.
This is going in the fridge for sure. - It's cool to see these sorts
of foods get kind of spread out to the rest of the world,
so people can get a taste for, like, Korean food.
- We use gochujang for just about everything.
There's so many flavors in that that it's unbelievable, right?
It's sweet. It's salty. It's all the things.
- 2020 is the year of Korean food. I know kimchi's been a big thing.
It's becoming more of a wave. I know Whole Foods is selling it,
kombucha, just fermented foods. I think people are just understanding
more the benefits of probiotics and good bacteria,
so I could see it getting huge. - (FBE) Well, here is your next one.
- Yes!
- Ohh. What is that? Oh, it's warm!
- That looks like pure egg yolk with cinnamon on top.
- I feel like this is turmeric or there's turmeric in it.
- I grew up drinking this stuff. This is how you get strong bones.
It's called haldi ka doodh. So, "haldi" is turmeric.
"Doodh" means milk. So, golden milk [inaudible].
- Wow. I like this.
It tastes like it has a little bit of ginger in it.
- Mmm. Neutral. Warm.
I'm curious as to why it's yellow. - (FBE) So, this is a turmeric latte.
- Turmeric! There we go. Okay, so it's spice water.
- Mmm. This is really good. - (FBE) So, turmeric lattes
as well as other colorful plant-based lattes
have been growing in popularity over the past few years.
- Yo, this smacks. You did a good job.
- (FBE) With social media apps like Instagram and Facebook,
many want the picture perfect drink to match their feed,
leading to more colorful beverages like this drink along
with the beetroot and matcha latte or the rainbow latte,
which was massively popular in Australia a couple years ago.
- This wouldn't really fit my feed, but...
- ♪ One of these things is not like the other ♪
(ding) - I mean, it's not--
it doesn't taste bad, but I can see how somebody
would do it for the aesthetic. - Yeah, I can see that taking off.
My friends were all doing a juice cleanse,
and so I got beet juice. And then I mixed it with vodka
and said, "Look, you guys, I'm doing it too" (chuckles)
just so I could have some color. - Instagram-able food
is a huge business. There's a little bit of motivation
going behind just being like, "Look at this. I'm cool.
I got a turmeric latte." - I'm actually surprised
that turmeric out of everything got popular, because it's one
of the most staining items there is, on your lips,
on your hands. Once the IG baddies are like,
"Oh, my [bleep] is all stained," they're gonna be like, "All right.
Never mind. Back to matcha it is." - (FBE) Well, here is your next item.
- Ooh! Whoa. Cheese! - So, it's not cheese.
It looks like cheese, but I doubt it's cheese.
- It looks like cheese. I'm going to assume
that this is a nut cheese. - (FBE) This trend is all about
helping the environment. It's called regenerative agriculture.
- No way. - (FBE) Regenerative agriculture
describes farming and grazing practices
that aim to reverse climate change by capturing carbon and soil
and plants. - So, it's ethical cheese.
- (FBE) Mm-hmm. - Got it. Well, I'm a fan
of the ethical cheese. - (FBE) This is from a company
called Cowgirl Creamery that makes-- - Oh! (claps) I love them! Yay.
- (FBE) They source their products from local dairy farms,
helping reduce the amount of animals that are used
in the process. - Whoa. That's amazing.
It literally changes the game. - I really like that companies
are becoming so much more aware of how they're affecting
the environment. - I have family members who make sure
everything's ethical from the point of start to end, and they'll pay
an extra 5-10 for their meal. Hopefully, everyone jumps
on the same wave and treats it as a long-term investment
for our body and world versus just "This is my meal right now."
- (FBE) So, do you think you might be trying to find
more regenerative agricultural food in the future?
- Yeah, I would. It makes me feel good.
- I would absolutely try another one in the same process that it was made.
- (FBE) Well, here's your next one. - Favorite food. Let's go!
I love burgers. - Just tomatoes, lettuce, cheese,
and something that apparently looks like beef.
Apparently. - Mm. (chuckles)
There's something different about this burger.
- Is this like an impossible meat? - (FBE) Not quite.
- Is this some sort of soy? What is this?
- (FBE) Plant-based food items have become increasingly popular.
- There we go. - (FBE) BUT this burger is actually
a blend of both plant and meat products.
- Mmm, hybrid. - (FBE) By blending these
two foods together, many say that you get
the best of both worlds as there's still the meat quality
and taste of the food, but also helps improve
the food sustainability and public health,
because you're not using as much animal product.
- That's... this is amazing. I love where the world
is heading with their food. - If they just substitute
all the burgers at McDonald's with this, it would be great.
- I think it's definitely a good idea. Still not well-executed completely.
I can taste the difference. I really can.
- I mean, I think you either go one or the other.
What's the point, right? You're still eating meat.
- For me, personally, I guess I would be like
if I want to get an Impossible Burger, I'm gonna get that.
And then if I just want a meat burger, I'm gonna do that.
I don't think that this is gonna be something that's gonna
really catch on. - I think that's the thing about it,
though, too, the middle ground. You just have to do little things.
We do meatless Mondays at home. So, we try not to eat meat on Mondays.
Just doing that one day a week, it's not really that hard
and I feel like it makes a difference. - (FBE) We'll fly that out.
And we got one last food for you. - Oh! My favorite thing in the world.
- The old faithful pizza. - Aww. This is the cutest
little slice of pizza ever. Smells so good.
- Crust is good. I would say it has a good zest
to it, I think. Good flavoring, good seasoning.
- There's nothing I can tell that's different from regular pizza.
This is good. - (FBE) This may look
like a normal pizza, but it is packed with vegetables
as the crust is made out of cauliflower.
- Is it really? Okay, that's really good.
- I love cauliflower. It's my favorite vegetable. How?!
- To me, it still tasted dough-y and bread-y.
It's not like, oh-- but I really like cauliflower
and broccoli by themselves. - I see that more and more
at like DIY pizza places. They offer cauliflower crust,
which is super cool. I've never myself gotten it,
but I've always been curious about it. - (FBE) So, we have been seeing
a rise of gluten-free products as well as flour replacements,
with this one being cauliflower flour, leading to foods like this pizza.
- Cauliflower flour is my favorite thing
you said all day. (laughs) - I mean, I've done
the cauliflower as rice, cauliflower as potatoes,
and believe it or not, cauliflower as grits.
This is really good. - It's good. It's smart.
They have it everywhere now. I know they have it Whole Foods.
They have it at Trader Joe's. Trader Joe's knows what's up.
- Having normal pizza, you know how you get
that really bloated and sleepy feeling afterwards
and you just wanna take a nap? Cauliflower doesn't do that.
You're still good to go. - I'm sure there's a lot
of places in this area in Los Angeles that is artisanal cauliflower pizzas.
And I'm sure I would enjoy some really, really good ones
of those. I wouldn't doubt that I've already had some
and didn't realize it. - (FBE) So, now that you have
tried some of the food trends that people are predicting
for the next year, out of what you had,
what do you think could be the most popular in 2020?
- I think in 2020, we'll probably be messing
with cauliflower crust more often. - The pizza.
I can't get over the fact that the crust is made
out of cauliflower. - Gochujang. People,
you know, we're on the big Sriracha kick
and there's hot sauces sort of everywhere.
I feel like that one has a different flavor.
- Maybe the chickpea peanut butter. I don't know if it'll go on
for a long time, chickpea butter, but it might [inaudible]
as a good little section of-- like, boom. And also,
it tasted really good. - Oh, the gochujang for sure.
It's gochujang. That is going to end up everywhere.
McDonald's is gonna have gochujang sauce,
gochujang with nuggets. It's happening. 2020. I guarantee it.
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