What flavor trends do you foresee in the coming year?
We see a trend towards very robust, true-to-fruit flavors for beverage and confectionery applications as well as a similar trend towards ‘delicious’ full profile meat flavors for savory applications including soups, sauces, and meat products. We predict a continued interest in the addition of floral and herbal notes to fruit based flavors to create signature profiles. Some examples of this would include Lavender Pear, Tangelo Thyme, Blackberry Iris, and Vanilla Peach Tuberose – along with many others.