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Our theme for this year’s SupplySide West – Formulate for Performance & Lifestyle – is inspired by trends in functionality, flavor, and consumer need state. We’ll be demonstrating our expertise in complete product development and custom taste solutions through our two sample platforms: Performance Nutrition and Lifestyle Nutrition. Performance Nutrition We’ve designed products for every workout need of activeContinue reading “Come visit us at SupplySide West 2019!”
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Natural flavors and colors: How to navigate from niche to norm
Virginia Dare discusses functional beverage trends, projected wellness insight, and off-taste flavor masking expertise.
Flavor Masking: Challenges and Opportunities for Health and Wellness Beverages
Virginia Dare discusses functional beverage trends, projected wellness insight, and off-taste flavor masking expertise.
Teahouses and coffee shops inspire new flavors
When it comes to finding ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee and tea inspiration, there’s no better marketplace of ideas than the neighborhood spots where people enjoy these beverages every day.
Modifying flavor in dairy foods
When formulators enhance their dairy applications with protein or other nutrients, it often comes with an undesirable taste. Our modifying flavors balance this off-taste, instead delivering the taste that consumers prefer. Food Business News recently highlighted our expertise in this area in an article on flavor challenges for the dairy industry. “At the end of the day,Continue reading “Modifying flavor in dairy foods”
Tea and coffee surf energy’s next big wave
Part of the greater consumer movement toward overall health and wellness is a move toward natural energy beverage sources—primarily, tea and coffee. Dairy Foods recently featured Virginia Dare’s tea and coffee extracts in an article on this trend. “Consumers tend to perceive tea and coffee as health-neutral, unprocessed, and a normal part of daily life,” said SiddhiContinue reading “Tea and coffee surf energy’s next big wave”
Labeling Vanilla Flavorings and Vanilla-Flavored Foods in the U.S.
Perfumer & Flavorist magazine published an especially compelling article about labeling vanilla flavors in its May 2018 issue. As the only flavoring materials subject to a federal standard of identity, vanilla flavorings are subject to strict guidelines that require standardized products to come from the properly cured and dried fruit pods of Vanilla planifolia Andrews and of Vanilla tahitensisContinue reading “Labeling Vanilla Flavorings and Vanilla-Flavored Foods in the U.S.”
Natural sweeteners cut calories, improve taste
As brands continue to reduce sugar in their applications, they might struggle to deliver a consistent taste. Virginia Dare’s masking flavors can help improve the taste in these applications, and were featured in a Beverage Industry article on the topic. “Today, ingredients are almost as important to consumers as taste, and masking ingredients help formulators check offContinue reading “Natural sweeteners cut calories, improve taste”
WHITE PAPER: Top Trends in Beverage Formulation
The beverage market has long been incredibly dynamic and innovative, characterized by a high degree of new product development and strong competition for consumer attention. Recent years have seen a particularly intense flurry of new product development, with whole new sub-segments (e.g., kombucha, kefir) emerging, new claims and ingredients developing, and beverage categories overlapping oneContinue reading “WHITE PAPER: Top Trends in Beverage Formulation”
Pea Protein and Preferred Taste
Alternative proteins are among the hottest trends in multiple food categories like beverage, snacks, and meal replacement. Adventurous options, like algae and insect protein, are still looking for a larger consumer base, and soy and whey protein still have allergen concerns. Pea protein boasts a number of positives that have lead to substantial growth inContinue reading “Pea Protein and Preferred Taste”