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The past few years, we’ve observed trends like clean label, keto-friendly, reduced sugar, plant-based, gluten-free, non-GMO, and more make their way into the baked goods space. These trends present challenges for bakers, which can be addressed with key ingredients that Prepared Foods featured in a recent article, such as natural, Madagascar vanilla. As the marketContinue reading “Trending ingredients and techniques for a new era of baked goods”
Category Archives: Applications
Coffee drives new product development in food, beverage
Coffee. Many of us rely on it every day, and for that reason, it’s starting to find its way into different food and beverage categories for its beloved flavor and aromatics, as well as its esteemed functional properties. Beverage Industry recently published an article on the rise of coffee as an ingredient, and featured ourContinue reading “Coffee drives new product development in food, beverage”
Ingredients for coffee, tea and juice provide new opportunities
The past few years have been exciting ones for the tea and coffee spaces. Virginia Dare’s Marketing & Consumer Insights Manager Philip Caputo was recently featured in a Dairy Foods article on the trends shaping these two exciting markets. We’re anticipating lots of hybridization in these categories over the next few years – including RTD hard/spikedContinue reading “Ingredients for coffee, tea and juice provide new opportunities”
Find inspiration with our 2020 flavor trends
The consumer love affair with trying novel flavors is still going strong into 2020 as demand for taste innovation continues to grow. According to the recent Technomic US Flavor Consumer Trend Report, 66 percent of consumers like trying new flavors, while close to 40 percent define “new” as simply a twist on the familiar. We’veContinue reading “Find inspiration with our 2020 flavor trends”
WHITE PAPER: Solving Taste Challenges in Keto
The high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic (“keto”) diet is a hot trend that comes with major restrictions. For many new dieters, there will be a significant shift toward consuming foods and beverages formulated with low-net carbohydrate, high protein ingredients. Brands have opportunities to cater to this audience by making their lifestyle more attainable and boosting their confidenceContinue reading “WHITE PAPER: Solving Taste Challenges in Keto”
WHITE PAPER: Vanilla Expertise
The key to successful formulation with natural vanilla is to partner with a market expert, mastering best industry practices, offering unparalleled technical competency, and having unique insights into the complex realities of vanilla bean-producing countries. The rich flavor from vanilla extract is one of the world’s favorites, and Virginia Dare is its preferred supplier –Continue reading “WHITE PAPER: Vanilla Expertise”
Find inspiration with our 2020 flavor trends
The consumer love affair with trying novel flavors is still going strong into 2020 as demand for taste innovation continues to grow. According to the recent Technomic US Flavor Consumer Trend Report, 66 percent of consumers like trying new flavors, while close to 40 percent define “new” as simply a twist on the familiar. We’veContinue reading “Find inspiration with our 2020 flavor trends”
Ready, set, eat and drink: The golden age of RTE/RTD foods and beverages
In today’s consumer landscape, conveinence is key, and that’s leading to lots of brands developing ready-to-eat (RTE) foods and ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages. Food & Beverage INSIDER recently published an article on this trend which featured Virginia Dare’s performance and lifestyle nutrition formulation capabilities. “Convenience is only getting more important in today’s consumer landscape,” our MarketingContinue reading “Ready, set, eat and drink: The golden age of RTE/RTD foods and beverages”
Taste solutions fit for any lifestyle
Lifestyle nutrition is a major trend that has moved beyond niche health and wellness audiences like athletes and bodybuilders to attract a growing number of people in the mainstream consumer market. In just the last few years, we have seen the significant rise in consumers adopting specialized eating habits like keto, paleo, and vegan diets.Continue reading “Taste solutions fit for any lifestyle”
WHITE PAPER: Beyond the Bar
The snacking trend has grown steadily over the past decade and shows no signs of slowing down in 2020. Driven primarily by health and wellness snacking, consumers are increasingly prioritizing snack applications that merge convenience and nutrition, such as dried fruit, nut packs, and fruit cups. Read our white paper to learn more about specificContinue reading “WHITE PAPER: Beyond the Bar”