You’ll always have your hot dog fans! However, research shows that 42% of Australians are reducing their meat intake. So, it might just be time to cater for those who love plant-based eating with menus designed to thrill their taste buds. With some ultra-tasty relishes and some clever menu messaging, you’ll easily shift with the new eating habits of your customers.

Let's look at the changing trends, and how you can take advantage of them in your food business.

Changing food trends

Menus used to feature maybe one or two vegetarian and vegan options, sometimes little more than salads! Now, even diners who don’t follow plant-based diets as a rule often opt for plant-based dishes as healthy, nourishing alternatives - and they expect much more than a few lettuce leaves.

According to a Future Food report, the increasing price of meat is also influencing today’s eating habits, along with the focus on sustainability.

So, shaping your menu to suit plant-based eating habits keeps you ahead of trends that are here to stay.

Entice customers with new menu messaging

Whether you’d like to promote plant-based eating or simply wish to highlight the options you provide, menu messaging goes a long way towards enticing customers.

Use engaging descriptions and creative names to promote your plant-based dishes rather than just vegetarian or vegan labels, which can sound unappealing on their own. Sell the scrumptious factor, rather than highlighting which ‘diet’ dishes for. This way, they’ll appeal to everyone.

Mention the use of fresh, sustainable, local produce that supports communities. Invite customers to participate in change by letting them know that their eating habits can contribute to the bigger picture.

Spice up your menu with our wholesale relish products

Remember those lettuce leaves? They might even suffice for the discerning diner as long as you serve them with a dollop of our delicious relishes! Our relishes are made with traditional family recipes and premium ingredients.

Relish48 products come in large, catering-sized packaging so you’ll be able to spice up a lot more than lettuce leaves on your plant-based menu! Vegetarian frittatas are a much-loved hit and even better with a dash of mild yellow relish. Give your vegetable muffin mixture a flavour boost with corn relish, or slather it over salad focaccias. Burger relish isn’t just for its namesake meat dishes. Pair it with quiche or spinach and ricotta pies. 

With bread and butter pickles just like Grandma makes, you’ll transform potato salads and canapes in an instant. Need a kick with a colour explosion? Add hot pepper rings to tomato salsa, guacamole and nachos. Keep the theme going with sliced jalapeno peppers in bean-based enchiladas and atop mouth-watering pizzas.

When you offer and advertise tantalising, plant-based options on your menu, you're well on the way to attracting new customers who will want to come back for more. Moving into the future, you’ll be ahead of the game in providing nutritious treats to suit a sustainable future and evolving consumer trends.

Best of all, when you start using relish as your secret ingredient, you’ve got everything you need to dress up nature’s best!