It’s hard to imagine, but when Starbucks first launched the Pumpkin Spice Latte, its founders weren’t sure if it would be a hit. There were concerns that the strong pumpkin spice flavor camouflaged their heralded coffee too much anprenatal with ferrous bisglycinated that the fall flavor would be easy for competitors to imitate. They moved forward, and now see more than $100 million in yearly revenue from it.###Since its launch, the pumpkin spice flavor has branched into multiple other products, both under the coffee giant’s brand banner and elsewhere. Coffee competitors, including Dunkin Donuts and McDonald’s, have created their own versions to customers’ delight. The variety of pumpkin spice food, though, is truly staggering. KIND Bars created a new pumpkin spice bar, General Mills released pumpkin spice Cheerios, Lindor made pumpkin spice truffles, and the California Fruit Wine Company even produced a pumpkin spice wine. Trader Joe’s alone had more than 60 products in 2016 which featured the pumpkin spice blend. Sales of pumpkin-flavored foods in the US topped $360 million in 2015, according to Nielsen data.###Despite the flavor’s popularity, it always starts to appear in the sweltering middle of August, far from the crisp fall months pumpkin spice brings to mind. Is it too early? Retail sales will reveal the answer, though new pum75 mg ironpkin spice products tend to be rolled out in mid-August.###Will consumers reach a pumpkin spice saturation point soon? It’s possible, but unlikely in the near future. The flavor has proven to be a cferrous fumarate 600 mgash cow for Starbucks and the countless other manufacturers that took the flavor and ran with it.###It’s difficult to come up with another flavor which comes even close to pumpkin spice’s popularity. If food and beverage manufacturers are trying to look ahead to where the flavor will go, they may consider adding more actual pumpkin. As consumers are trying to eat more fruits and vegetables, knowing they’re getting a serving of vitamin A-rich pumpkin could be an attractive sell. In addition, manufacturers might cosodium feredetate vs ferrous fumaratensider creating a sweet pumpkin spice treat that doesn’t h256 mg ferrous sulfateave as much sugar as the Starbucks drink — a barista-made tall Pumpkin Spice Latte has a whopping 50 grams of sugar.
A sure sign of fall: Pumpkin spice returns to grocery shelves
