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The launch comes as major beverage brands experiment with cream soda, strawberries-and-cream, and ice cream-inspired flavor profiles, signaling broader momentum behind the trend.

Creamy Craze: I.T.S Unveils Natural Flavors for the Next Wave of Indulgent RTD Drinks

The collection aims to help brands capitalize on consumer demand for nostalgic and comforting flavor experiences.

A Look at ABT’s New Materials at FlavourTalk 2026

A Look at ABT’s New Materials at FlavourTalk 2026

Advanced Biotech's extensive portfolio, comprising of natural, synthetic, and fermentation-derived molecules, is constantly evolving to meet the changing demands of our valued clients.

Consumers' proactive approach to health is unlocking vast market opportunities, but it comes with a dramatic twist for product formulators. For decades, flavor was an uncompromisable king; however, today's health-conscious public is opening the door to distinct sensory trade-offs.

The Sweet Compromise: How the Longevity Boom Is Rewriting the Rules of Flavor Development

For decades, flavor was an uncompromisable king; however, today's health-conscious public is opening the door to distinct sensory trade-offs.

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The new portfolio additions span beverages, dairy alternatives, meat applications, bakery and plant-based foods, with innovations designed to improve taste, texture, solubility, yield and formulation flexibility.

ADM Expands Plant Protein Push With Eight New Soy and Pea Innovations

Elevating the Taste Experience with BioSymphony™

Elevating the Taste Experience with BioSymphony™

Complete with a Ferris wheel at the center of the table, Austria Juice showcased a variety of natural fruit flavors, including yuzu, black currant, pineapple, strawberry and sour cherry.

FlavourTalk 2026 Brings Joy and Curiosity to Consumer Flavor Perception Conversation

In the natural passionfruit, hexyl hexanoate is present at more than twice the level of hexyl butyrate and is the key recognition chemical amongst the main hexyl esters. It plays an interesting, but less dramatic, role in many other flavors, combining odor strength and a significant taste effect.

Flavor Bites: Hexyl Hexanoate—The Ester That Anchors Tropical Authenticity

At ADM’s recent Reformulation Day, a clear message emerged for food, beverage, and flavor developers: reformulation is now a core product strategy. With 52% of U.S. consumers viewing reformulation as a “must,” brands are being pushed to redesign products around health priorities without sacrificing sensory experience.

Reformulation Becomes the Engine of Innovation: Inside ADM’s $40M Push to Scale Better-for-You Without Compromise

Webinar: Understanding GRAS, Navigating the Future of Food Ingredients

Webinar: Understanding GRAS, Navigating the Future of Food Ingredients

Webinar: Understanding GRAS, Navigating the Future of Food Ingredients - Join us for an engaging webinar on GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe), a critical framework for qualifying food ingredients in the USA.

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Where Nature Meets Precision in Flavor Innovation

Flavors from ADM are inspired by nature, and perfected through precise, technology-drive expertise to deliver reliable flavor solutions. We collaborate with you to innovate, creating food and beverage products and brands that win.

Consumers are already DIY-ing multifunctional recipes on TikTok, combining fiber with beauty-adjacent ingredients like collagen and biotin.

Fiber is the New Protein. That Has Implications for Flavor and Product Development.

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Elevating the Taste Experience with BioSymphony™

Designed to meet growing consumer demand for natural, clean-label ingredients, BioSymphony™ is an innovative portfolio of natural flavors crafted directly from nature’s finest ingredients.

At the center of the investment are expanded capacities for menthol and linalool in Ludwigshafen, Germany; pictured is the new linalool plant.

Mint, Citrus, Scale: BASF Builds a New Backbone for Global Aroma Ingredients Supply

BASF is strengthening one of the industry’s most critical aroma ingredient value chains.

Papaya flavors certainly have no lack of heavy notes, but the base is arguably too simplistic. Higher levels of geranyl isovalerate are needed to introduce significant complexity. Two hundred ppm is just a starting point.

The Aromatic Heavyweight: Mastering the Nuances of Geranyl Isovalerate [Flavor Bites]

Exploring the versatile taste effects and aromatic harmony of geranyl isovalerate across orchard, berry and floral profiles.

Lavender and spearmint provide a soothing combination for bedtime gummies.

Next-Gen Mint: Crafting Flavors for Every Palate and Generation

Segment operating income rose to $26.8 million, marking a $1.8 million year-over-year increase.

Sensient Flavors & Extracts Kicks Off 2026 with Solid Growth, Lifts Outlook

Segment operating income rose to $26.8 million, marking a $1.8 million year-over-year increase.

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Webinar: Understanding GRAS, Navigating the Future of Food Ingredients

Webinar: Understanding GRAS, Navigating the Future of Food Ingredients - Join us for an engaging webinar on GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe), a critical framework for qualifying food ingredients in the USA.

The woody, earthy elements of distilled West Indian lime oil make it essential addition to cola flavor profiles, whereas its floral and resinous character would benefit stone and tropical fruits flavors.

Savory to Zesty: An Organoleptic Deep Dive into EU Natural Flavor Ingredients

Our April 2026 Flavor Reports, EU Edition, features massoia lactone, cassia oil, styrallyl acetate and much more.

Social media is compressing adoption times, leaving flavor, food and beverage developers a short window to react.

Flavor Agility: Mastering the Rapid-Fire Innovation Cycle