Breakfast Ingredients to Maximize Your Menu
If you serve breakfast, you probably already serve eggs — they have 92.7% breakfast menu penetration.1
Eggs are a key ingredient that unlocks daypart-spanning menus:
Create breakfast versions. Eggs are an easy ingredient swap or addition for a breakfast twist. Think breakfast burritos!
Serve breakfast all-day. Breakfast for dinner is in, and eggs are a versatile protein that can appeal as a filling dinner more than a bacon or sausage side.
Poached eggs offer many possibilities! Eggs benedict are on 30.7% of breakfast menus,1 and have grown 16% in the past year.2
ELEVATE YOUR EGGS WITH…
Minor's® Culinary Cream
Perfect for eggs — Keeps scrambled eggs moist and flavorful.
Bind & stabilize — Made with real butter, binds and stabilizes ingredients.
Superior thermal stability — Prepare ahead, chill or freeze, then reheat with no flavor, texture, or consistency loss.
Great for large batches — Ideal for advance prep, large batch production, and “cook to order” dishes.
Dietary benefits — Kosher; gluten free; less fat than butter or heavy cream.
Recipes:
Perfect Scrambled Egg
Berry Caramel Crepes with Mascarpone
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Sources: 1. Datassential Breakfast, February 2024 2. Datassential Breakfast Sandwiches, February 2024
Gravy was a popular breakfast topping in 2024, featured on more than a quarter of breakfast menus (28.2%).1
Many breakfast menus have biscuits and gravy, but don’t use gravy anywhere else. Here are ways to level up:
Topping and add-on. Scrambled eggs, cheddar grits, all kinds of core menu items can benefit from a country sausage gravy upgrade!
Sandwich sauce. As an aioli alternative or sandwich centerpiece, a good gravy can evolve the flavor of classic and experimental breakfast sandwiches. (It may surprise you to learn that over 5% of breakfast sandwiches already have gravy!)2
Give proteins depth. From chicken and waffles to steak and eggs, some drier and meatier breakfast dishes would love some extra flavor — and savory hydration!
GET TRULY GREAT GRAVY…
Chef-mate Country Sausage Gravy
A little does a lot — Enhance breakfasts with just ¼ - ½ cup.
Big on flavor — Our gravy has NO artificial flavors. Creamy, full-bodied, and hearty with moist, tender pork sausage and a flavorful measure of seasoning.
Cooked Before Canning — Unlike canned competitors, our process prevents scorching, boiling, and tinny, canned taste.
Easy to implement — Ready to eat from its stackable, shelf stable #10 can. Superior steam table holding time of 8 hours.
0 grams Trans Fat per serving.
Biscuits with Chef-mate Country Sausage Gravy
Country Sausage Breakfast Enchiladas
Sunrise Poutine
The question, “Cream or sugar?” has long accompanied coffees and, by extension, breakfasts. But today, those aren’t enough choices for over 4 in 5 consumers.
Offer options. Only 18% of people prefer to drink their coffee black.1 That means a staggering 82% of coffee drinkers want more variety.
Weekly indulgence. In January 2024, 6 in 10 Americans had at least one specialty coffee per week.2
Cold is king. OOH, Cold Coffee has outperformed Brewed and Hot Specialty coffee every month for 2 years.3 Iced coffee has grown 15% in the past 4 years.4
Gen Z leads these trends. 63% of Gen Z prefer coffee with a lot of added flavor, and about 2 in 3 (65%) drink cold coffee most often.5
CUSTOMIZE YOUR COFFEE WITH…
Coffee mate French Vanilla Liquid Creamer Singles
Coffee mate Hazelnut Liquid Creamer Singles
Enticing flavor — Rich, smooth taste with velvety vanilla or sweet, nutty hazelnut notes.
Consumer favorite — America’s #1 creamer based on total dollar sales by brand
Convenient for you — Shelf-stable for up to 9 months; built-in carton dispenser.
Dietary features — Coffee mate non-dairy creamer is cholesterol-free, gluten-free, and kosher dairy.
NESCAFÉ Ice Roast Instant Coffee
Smooth taste — An uplifting, lightly roasted flavor that’s rich and refreshing.
Instantly ready — Dissolves completely in cold water or milk: scoop, stir, and enjoy.
Responsibly sourced — 100% pure coffee that pairs with any coffee compliments.
Chocolate-Hazelnut Iced Coffee
Pumpkin Spice Café Latte
Hazelnut Shakerato
Sources: 1. Drive Research 2024 Coffee Consumer Report 2. 2024 National Coffee Data Trends Specialty Coffee Report 3. Datassential Monthly Update, July 2024 4. Datassential Cold Brew Coffee, August 2023 5. Kantar Profiles/Mintel, May 2023
Juice is a consistent breakfast go-to. But did you know that juices are on nearly half of all menus (49.4%) — and on more menus than coffee (46.0%)?1
Juice of any kind is on about 1 in 2 menus (49.4%).
Orange juice is on about 1 in 3 menus (34.1%).
Apple juice is on about 1 in 4 menus (25.1%).
Cranberry juice is on about 1 in 5 menus (18.1%).1
Juices can be used in all kinds of contexts — smoothies, cocktails, a nice morning mimosa — but boosting your beverage offerings can be as simple as serving a variety of your customers’ favorite juices.
JUICE UP YOUR JUICES WITH…
SUNKIST 100% Orange Premium Frozen Concentrate
Breakfast staple — Beloved solo, and excellent as a mixer.
Real juice — 100% juice; contains no high fructose corn syrup.
SUNKIST 100% Apple Select Frozen Concentrate
Delicious classic — Pairs well with breakfasts and across dayparts.
Simple refresher — 100% juice with added ingredients; no high fructose corn syrup or artificial flavors; kosher (OU).
SUNKIST Cranberry Cocktail 25% Frozen Concentrate
Great in any context — A leading flavor and mixer.
Simple refresher — No high fructose corn syrup or artificial flavors; kosher (OU).
For all the above…
Convenient dispensing — The Nestlé Vitality Express Dispenser keeps drinks deliciously cold and uses efficient ExpressPaks that evacuate completely.
Orange Ancho Margarita
Citrus Tea
Sources: 1. Datassential Non-Alcoholic Beverages, March 2024
