Spark Trends 2026
6 February 2026 Innovation Flavours

Inspiring What’s Next

With Spark Trends 2026, Bell EMEA presents its latest trend platform for future-oriented flavour and fragrance innovation. Based on global market research, cultural observation, and consumer insights, we translate societal developments into concrete impulses for product development.

The 2026 edition shows how taste, well-being, sustainability, and emotional experiences shape consumer behaviour across categories and regions. At the same time, selected Micro Trends have been further developed and updated to reflect new market dynamics and evolving consumer needs more precisely.

Turning Ideas into Innovation

Spark Trends 2026 is built on a clearly structured framework combining Macro and Micro Trends.

Macro Trends describe long-term, global developments that influence consumer behaviour, lifestyles, and expectations over many years. They provide strategic orientation and highlight how markets, categories, and preferences are likely to evolve in the long term.

Micro Trends capture specific short- to mid-term shifts within these broader movements. They reflect emerging product ideas, flavour combinations, formats, and consumption habits, while responding to current market requirements and regional characteristics.

Together, Macro and Micro Trends form the foundation for sustainable and market-relevant innovation.

This approach enables the creation of solutions that are not only inspiring, but also commercially successful.

Our Global Trend Approach

Our Spark Trends 2026 reaffirm the long-lasting global Macro Trends that continue to shape consumer behaviour and the innovation landscape. These guiding principles are complemented by updated Micro Trends that translate global insights into concrete market opportunities.

For our customer meetings, we prepare and present these Micro Trends in a tailored and exclusive way, supporting individual innovation strategies and category-specific concepts.

Together, they form a holistic framework for future innovation strategies.

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Whether strategic inspiration, customised trend presentations, or hands-on development projects – Spark Trends 2026 provides a strong foundation for your innovation journey.

Contact our team to discover how we can support you in developing your next product ideas.

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