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Sweet Techniques to Modify Flavor

While sugar reduction is on the rise, this trend goes above and beyond sweet nothings—instead, companies are producing sweet somethings with solutions to keep flavors from being modified.

For the 52 weeks ending March 24, 2019, chocolate dominated the confectionery sector with $14.1 billion in sales.

Forward Thinking: Sweet as Sugar

Chocolate innovation is being driven by limited-edition flavors, plant-based formulas and chocolate experiences, while non-chocolate candy activity is being led by a variety of unique texture and flavor combinations and new food and beverage applications inspired by candy flavors.

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Forward Thinking: Sweet on Vanilla

Vanilla is a tried-and-true flavor and fragrance that connotes warmth and comfort. In flavor, it’s most commonly used in ice cream and confections. In fragrance, it crosses categories including air care, fine fragrance and personal care.

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Forward Thinking: Sweet Talk

Chocolate and candy innovation is being driven by global flavor inspiration from food and beverage trends, interactive chocolate and candy experiences, new distribution channels, customized and better-for-you candy, as well as functional ingredients and new technology.

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Editor's Note: Mint: Sweet, Pungent & Cool

The power of menthol is used to mask off notes of functional ingredients in oral care products and even develop a sense of confidence; as well as aid in digestion and even create indulgent flavor profiles when paired with other ingredients like chocolate, citrus or tea.

With snacking on the rise, this is the perfect time for flavorists to flex their creative muscles.

Salty, Spicy, Sweet: What’s Next in Snacking

As people snack more, larger consumer behavioral shifts are impacting the snacking space.

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Health & Indulgence in Sweet and Snack Applications

Taste and health concerns drive consumer expectations in the snack space. While sodium and added-sugar concerns continue to grow, consumers do not want to sacrifice taste. Flavors must be more true-to-life than ever—and just as indulgent.

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Sweet, Savory and Sustainable: A New Era of Snacking

As consumers are continuing to switch to better-for-you products, the snack market is meeting the challenge with innovation, functional benefits and flavorful options.

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2011's Top 10 Flavor Trends for Beverage, Sweet and Savory Applications

Bell Flavors & Fragrances predicts the big trends in flavors for 2011.

Last Word: Vanilla, Ethics, and Market Drivers

A conversation with Scott May, VP, global sweet goods, Givaudan

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Forward Thinking: Enchanted By Vanilla

Consumers still have a sweet spot for this tried-and-true flavor and fragrance.

Forward Thinking: Mint Condition

Mint remains a staple in toothpaste and chewing gum as well as a seasonal favorite. This article reviews the current status of mint in the marketplace.

Flavoring with Citrus Oils

Hopefully I have shown that citrus oils are extremely important for the flavoring of foods and beverages and that their consumption is growing steadily at more than 3% per year. On the other hand, the demands for performance can be expected to become more strict, particularly as far as stability and purity are concerned.

Citrus focus: Argentina’s Lemon Industry

The history and future growth of citrus in this top lemon-producing country. In the northwest corner of Argentina, in the province of Tucumán, lies an agricultural area that has become the world’s No. 1 producer of lemons and lemon byproducts in the past 30 years.

ADM research finds 65% of consumers are interested in savory foods with nostalgic flavors, and the snack category is a prime example of emotional eating.

How to Amplify the Sensory Experience of Umami Flavors

Of the many applications for savory flavors, a wealth of opportunity abounds for snack foods, meat and seafood alternatives and ready meals.

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Modulating Taste with Odor & Other Sensory Insights

Paul Wise, associate member at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, discussed the ways in which taste and odor interactions can be leveraged to modulate overall flavor impressions.

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Forward Thinking: Savor the Flavor

Fermented, pickled and smoked are the latest techniques influencing savory flavor directions, while cannabis cuisine is just emerging.

Connecting the dots: Flavor Radar

Mintel’s Menu Insights tracks what we’re eating and drinking. Indulgence, portion control, pomegranate, perceived health benefits, floral flavors, mojito burritos—these are just a few of the buzzwords in today’s restaurant world, and it’s consumer research firm Mintel’s job to keep on top of them.

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