We might be consuming "hyper-personalised" diets that are "fully bespoke to your individual nutritional needs" inside the subsequent 20 years, a report is predicting.

Breathing on a smartphone may assist to find out what's wholesome, and a takeaways could be tasted just about previous to ordering, it's being advised.

Something dubbed BreathTech might be developed, permitting "a deep level of insight" into the meals you need to be consuming, a report commissioned by Deliveroo stated.

Diets that match with somebody's private physiology could be powered by synthetic intelligence (AI), whereas a life-long AI "buddy" would assist to automate and tailor what you're consuming.

Another suggestion is that digital and augmented actuality might be used to trick individuals who avoid greens into pondering they're consuming chocolate or sweets as a substitute.

If somebody needed to chop down on alcohol, then "wine" cordials, which mimic the style and flavour profile of actual wine, could be launched.

Alternatives to staples corresponding to corn and maize, corresponding to amaranth, fonio, sorghum, teff, khorasan, einkorn and emmer, are all predicted to be mainstream in 2040.

Another predicted development is "edible beauty" merchandise, which may embrace anti-ageing ice cream and the possibility to dine from hormone-balancing and dopamine-driving menus.

The report, known as Snack to the Future, additionally envisages digital actuality dinner events, permitting shoppers to create dream situations, maybe involving celebrities.