Today’s consumers carry more culinary knowledge than ever before, and can boast familiarity with ingredients such as lemongrass and kaffir limes, black garlic, fenugreek and carob.
The variety of refined ingredients to accomplish a precise pairing of aroma, flavor, texture and mouthfeel has expanded significantly over the past decade, allowing for more formulation possibilities and user experiences
With the recent jump in home cooking, the role of flavor has been especially magnified as food serves a magnified role in providing excitement, comfort, health, indulgence, self-care, and family bonding.
Bell Flavors & Fragances unveils 2021 Spark Trends
December 22, 2020
Bell Flavors & Fragrances is excited to announce the 2021 Spark® platform, which identifies key trends that will lead the way to new innovations within the flavor and fragrance industries. The Spark® platform serves as the origin of imagination, the essence of creativity and the future of what’s to come in the flavor and fragrance industry.
B&D Flavours is the third company to become part of the Riverside platform and the first outside the US
December 16, 2020
B&D's solid reputation for quality and service in the Canadian market gives the newly formed match-up complementary capabilities to expand flavor solutions to customers throughout North America.
Company was recently named to Nielsen's Top 100 Fastest Growing Emerging Brands
December 16, 2020
Spice World, Orlando, a specialty brand known for its fresh flavorings, convenient and always-in-season garlic, ginger and shallots, unveiled a transformative new line of global inspired cooking and seasoning blends that adds international flair to any home cooked dish called Global Flavors™.
Flavorman suggests flavors that tingle, comfort, and function will dominate the New Year
December 16, 2020
Experts at the Louisville-based beverage development company, Flavorman, identified drink flavor trends to watch for in 2021. Driven by the long-term effects of an on-going pandemic, this year’s forecast is shaping up to be focused on flavors that drive experience in a socially distant landscape.
The company determined that even before Covid, food and beverage companies placed emphasis on the two super ingredients
December 14, 2020
Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, announces Ginger and Yuzu as the two Flavors of the Year for 2021. Following an unprecedented year of uncertainty, they represent the world's collective desire for strength and optimism: two superhero-like qualities characteristic of a super-root and a super-fruit.
The McCormick Flavor Forecast spotlights past trends that continue to drive flavor explorations
December 9, 2020
Over the past two decades, the McCormick Flavor Forecast® has identified top trends and ingredients that have shaped the future of flavor. From pumpkin pie spice and chamoy to dukkah and turmeric, these forecasted flavors have seen success across consumer products, restaurant menus and online recipes.