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Bakery Innovation: Five Steps To Mixing Up Sweet Ideas
Increase your chances of in-market success with a strategic process for generating innovative ideas. Let’s explore five steps to sweet success in bakery innovation.
Innovation Investigation: Consumer, Market, and Flavor Trends in Better for You Candy
Discover pathways to bring your favorite confections treats to life while still meeting desirable label claims with Better for You candy.
How Flavors and Colors Work Together in Food and Beverage
Explore how color plays a role in flavor selection and taste experience as we examine color trends in core food and beverage categories.
What’s for Lunch: Trends and Insights to Inspire Innovation
Discover how food and beverage manufacturers can create connections with consumers during the middle of the day.
Innovation Evolution: Nostalgic Taste Trends in Baked Snacks, Cereal, and Confections
Let’s examine nostalgia trends and ideas for food and beverage brands to innovate with nostalgic flavors and formats.
FlavorScience Episode 7: Functional Beverage
In the seventh installment of the FlavorScience series, Flavor Development Manager, Pete Sauer, creates a strawberry white tea functional beverage with caffeine.
Experience-Inspired Flavors (Video)
Watch the video to learn how flavors can transport us to different places and help us feel more connected to special moments.
WEBCAST: What’s the Next “Cool” Trend in Refreshing Beverages: Part 2
How can beverage brands align with evolving needs for functionalities and flavors? In Part 2 of our two-part webcast series about refreshing beverages, FlavorSum Director of Marketing, Lisa Jackson shares proprietary insights about North American beverage drinkers.
Innovation Evolution: Late Night Snacking Trends
Read about three late night snacking trends to guide brands’ creation of an innovative food or beverage perfect for satisfying the midnight munchies.
Predictions Spotlight: Experience-Inspired Flavors
We’re exploring our predictions for experience-inspired flavors. From new no-alcohol options to globetrotting flavors, here are the key trends to inspire your next delicious innovation.
News from IFT FIRST 2023
Discover news and food & beverage insights from IFT FIRST 2023, including details about delicious, innovative demos from FlavorSum.
Flavors to Sweeten Your Success from FlavorSum at IFT 2023
FlavorSum, a North American flavor producer, has begun construction on an expansion project that will add 35,000 square feet to its Kalamazoo facility.
WEBCAST: What’s the Next “Cool” Trend in Refreshing Beverages
Join FlavorSum Director of Marketing, Lisa Jackson as she shares refreshing beverage trends. Our webcast reveals the growing subsegments and functional claims to help inspire your product development journey!
Innovation Evolution: How New Food & Beverage Trends are Unfolding in 2023
Discover how 2023 food and beverage trends are shaping up in popular categories like dairy, bakery, beverage, alcohol, and confections.
Candy Innovation: Five Milestones on the Road to Crafting Sweet Success
How do you take candy innovation from an idea to a successful launch? Here are five milestones on your journey to crafting an irresistible confection.
Flavors for Feel Good Food and Beverages (Video)
Watch the video to learn how formulators can explore functionality using flavor as an avenue for both moderate and perceived benefits.
Predictions Spotlight: Elevated Taste Experiences
We’re taking a deeper dive into our predictions for elevated taste experiences. From dual tastes to indulgent flavors, here are key trends to help inspire your innovation journey.
The Next Generation of Delectable Desserts (Video)
What flavors and formats are trending in frozen, ambient, and chilled desserts? Let’s explore how brands can create innovative and indulgent desserts.
FlavorScience Episode 6: Snack Bar Evolution
In the sixth installment of the FlavorScience series, Applications Scientist Roseanne McGuire demonstrates how to create a delicious reduced-sugar snack bar bite.
Crafting Food and Beverage Products that Appeal to Generation X
How can you connect with older generations? Let’s explore a few Generation X food and beverage trends and how brands can engage and build connections.
Creating Genuine Connections with Millennials
Let’s review key Millennial food and beverage trends to discover how brands can engage and connect with this tech-savvy and diverse generation.
How the Snack Bar Market is Evolving to Meet Consumer Needs (Video)
Let’s take a look at how snack bar formulators are finding new and creative ways to deliver great products to their customers.
WEBCAST: The Snack Bar Evolution: Ideas for Flavor, Function, and Format
Join FlavorSum Director of Marketing, Lisa Jackson as she explores snack bar innovation ideas that align with interest in flavor, function, and format. Our webcast provides several snack bar concepts to inspire your product development journey!
Predictions Spotlight: Down to Earth Flavors
How are down-to-earth flavors, one of our 2023 predictions, emerging in NPD? Whether you’re innovating with floral, botanical, or mushroom profiles, earthy flavors can inspire your product development journey.
Creating Lasting Connections with Gen Z (Video)
Join us as we explore key attributes of Gen Z and the ways in which food and beverage brands can create connections with this diverse generation.
Innovation Evolution: The Next Generation of Delectable Desserts
What’s on the horizon for desserts? Read about the trending flavors and formats to learn how your brand can create innovative desserts that excite shoppers and inspire brand loyalty.
FlavorScience Episode 5: Ice Cream
In the fifth installment of our FlavorScience series, Senior Applications Scientist, Kelsey Cheadle walks us through crafting a delicious ice cream prototype.
How the Snack Bar Market is Evolving to Meet Consumer Needs
From 2022 to 2023, snack bars, the favorite handheld treat, will continue on the path of innovation to introduce new concepts, formats, and flavors that address unique consumer needs.
FlavorSum Expansion Doubles Kalamazoo Facility and Enhances Capabilities
FlavorSum, a North American flavor producer, has begun construction on an expansion project that will add 35,000 square feet to its Kalamazoo facility.
WEBCAST: Finding Sweet Success with Ice Cream
Join FlavorSum Director of Marketing, Lisa Jackson as she shares the market dynamics and consumer behaviors shaping today’s ice cream market.
Innovation Investigation: Ice Cream Trends (Video)
Let’s explore ice cream trends and recently launched products to understand what’s driving new product innovation.
Predictions Spotlight: Flavors for Feel Good Food and Beverages
Discover how our 2023 prediction, “feel good flavors” for mind, body, and soul enhancement is coming to life in the market.
Innovation Investigation: Creative Flavors and Formats in Alcoholic Beverages
How do you craft innovative alcoholic beverages? Let’s explore what people are looking for and some trending flavors and formats in this exciting frontier.
Innovation Investigation: Consumer, Market, and Flavor Trends in Ice Cream
Let’s face it; almost everyone loves ice cream. Get ready to understand what’s driving product innovation in our review of ice cream trends and recently launched products from Mintel’s Global New Products Database.
FlavorScience Episode 4: Non-Alcoholic Beverages
FlavorSum Director of Marketing, Lisa Jackson sits down with Brewing Industry Consultant, Stephen Rich and FlavorSum Senior Applications Scientist, Blake Lyon to explore the alcohol-free beverage development process, taste, and drinking experience expectations!
Building Baby Boomer Brand Loyalty In Food And Beverage
Building brand loyalty with the Baby Boomer generation starts with examining the ways food and beverage brands can engage and create connections.
Delivering Gut Health Through Foods And Beverages
Gut health has become a focus in popular and scientific media. Let’s look at how categories are innovating, what flavors are trending, and the challenges of formulating food and beverage for a healthy gut.
The 12 Days of Flavor
For the 2022 holiday season, the FlavorSum insights team shares fun facts about popular holiday flavors.
Webcast: Free from Alcohol, Full of Flavor
With the alcohol-free market rapidly growing and gaining popularity, we set out to explore what people are looking for from the emerging beverage type.
ICYMI: Top Trending Food and Beverage Insights from 2022
You might have needed more time to keep up with our weekly food and beverage insights, so ICYMI, here are a few flavorful highlights from the FlavorSum team.
Free From Alcohol, Full of Flavor
The alcohol-free trend is picking up pace, and formulators are investigating ways to create delicious products that mimic their alcohol-full counterparts.
Food & Beverage Market Trends for 2023 (Video)
Let’s explore our 2023 predictions to discover how your brand can stand out in the food and beverage space in the new year!
Creating Lasting Connections with Gen Z through Food and Beverage
Discover how food and beverage manufacturers can create and market food and beverage products to appeal to generation Z.
Achieving Success in Functional Beverages (Video)
Let’s explore functional beverage trends and how thinking through your goals and formulating process can set you up for a successful launch!
Food & Beverage Market Trends for 2023: Part 2: Flavors Deep Dive
Consumers are seeking flavors that feel good, offer earthiness, and elevate and recall experiences.
Food & Beverage Market Trends For 2023: Part 1
Which foods and beverages will align with consumer needs in 2023? Let’s explore some of the upcoming trends and how you can build brand loyalty.
FlavorScience Episode 3: Functional Beverages (Video)
This video explores how to successfully formulate functional beverages and explores the challenges that can arise during the product development process.
Experiencing Travel Through Taste: Global Flavors to Inspire Innovation
Let’s explore trending internationally inspired flavors and how food and beverage innovators can help people experience travel through taste.
Webcast: Bubbling Up Success in Functional Beverages
With increased consumer focus on wellness, we set out to review the functional beverage market. Discover what’s driving growth in our latest webcast.
Flavors for Children (Video)
Let’s examine how food and beverage producers can craft products that appeal to kids and have the benefits and qualities that parents want.
Innovation Evolution: What’s Trending in Functional Beverages
Discover the latest consumer and market trends in refreshing functional beverages to inspire your new product development.
Innovation Evolution: Taking Snacking To The Next Level
Let’s examine how snacking habits are evolving, how different generations view snacks, and the innovation opportunities to create snacks that align with consumer needs.
FlavorSum Boosts Clean Label Offerings with Addition of Meridian Flavors
FlavorSum, a North American flavor producer, has acquired Meridian Flavors, a U.S.-based formulator of flavors specializing in natural, non-GMO, and organic flavors.
Interview: Achieving Formulating Success in Functional Beverages
Functional beverage innovation continues at a rapid pace to meet consumer needs. Learn how to optimize your product with solutions from FlavorSum.
Innovation Evolution: What’s Next in Dairy?
Let’s check in on the dairy product market and explore ways formulators can stand out with flavorful dairy innovation that meets demand and inspires repeat purchases.
FlavorScience Episode 2: Nutritional Gummies (Video)
This video explores how to successfully formulate nutritional gummies and explores the challenges that can arise during the product development process.
What’s for Breakfast: Trends and Insights to Inspire Innovation
FlavorSum explores how changes in consumer attitudes and eating behaviors have affected the foods & drinks they choose for breakfast.
News from IFT FIRST 2022
Discover news and food & beverage insights from IFT FIRST 2022, including details about delicious, innovative demos from FlavorSum.
Innovation Evolution: How are New Food & Beverage Trends Unfolding in 2022?
Let’s check in with some of our 2022 predictions and examine how new food and beverage market trends are unfolding.
Find Your Flavor Inspiration with FlavorSum at IFT 2022
Visit FlavorSum booth #S0442 at IFT FIRST 2022 to find your flavor! We are sampling refreshing beverage and snack bar prototypes that feature our flavors.
Webcast: Format + Flavor + Function in Gummies
With increased consumer focus on health and wellness, we set out to review the nutritional gummy market. Our latest webcast covers what’s driving growth.
What’s New in RTD Alcoholic Beverages?
Let’s explore what’s driving growth in the RTD alcoholic beverage space, including premiumization, health and wellness trends, and flavor innovation.
Innovation Evolution: What’s Next In the Organic Food & Beverage Market?
Let’s explore trends in the organic food and beverage market to learn what’s driving recent innovations, growing categories, and trending flavors.
Formulating Basics For Gummies (Video)
Explore the basics of gummy formulation to ensure your next launch is a success.
What’s Trending in Snack Innovation? 2022 Sweets & Snacks Expo News
Discover what’s happening with flavor innovation and plant-based options in the growing snacks category with news from the 2022 Sweets and Snacks Expo.
How to Create New Connections with Nostalgic Flavors
Nostalgic flavors offer opportunities to reimagine the classics as consumers look for ways to find comfort and stability after a turbulent two years.
Leveraging Seasonal Flavors For LTO Success (Video)
Learn how to develop a successful LTO by building on consumers’ flavor associations and evolving needs.
Infusing Function and Flavor into Fortified Gummies
Formulators are finding new and creative ways to fortify gummy confections with vitamins, minerals, and other functional ingredients. Explore how ingredients, like flavor, can play a role.
Using Flavor to Enhance Mood-Boosting Foods & Beverages
Consumers are turning to nutrition to manage stress and balance their mood. Let’s explore how the relationship between flavor and function can lead to innovation opportunities.
Formulating with Flavor: Bakery Emulsions
Bakery product manufacturers can use emulsions for cost-effective, delicious, and flavorful cookies, cakes, and bars with guidance from FlavorSum.
Leveraging Seasonal Flavors for LTO Success
Developing a successful seasonal LTO builds on flavor associations and caters to consumers evolving needs like health goals and desire for functionality.
Power Up Snack Bar Innovation (Video)
How can producers step up snack bar innovation and tap into flavor trends and functional benefits that meet evolving consumer needs?
Webinar: Bars are Back
The snack bar category is rapidly picking up pace as COVID-19 restrictions lessen. Formulators can tap into new flavor trends to meet consumer needs.
Bakery Innovations: Exploring Format & Functionality to Satisfy Snack Cravings
Let’s explore how to create innovative bakery snacks that meet desires for wellness, functionality, and convenience while still satisfying cravings.
Enhancing Immunity Benefits Through Flavor (Video)
Learn how to enhance the relationship between immunity and flavor to create great-tasting products consumers will love.
Key Trends from Natural Products Expo West 2022
Discover what’s new and trending from Natural Products Expo West 2022, including natural and organic innovations in the food and beverage space.
Tips to Help Build Function and Flavor into Snack Bars
The snack bar category is rapidly picking up pace as COVID-19 restrictions lessen. Formulators can tap into new flavor trends to meet consumer needs.
FlavorScience Episode 1: Frozen Desserts (Video)
This video explores how to successfully formulate frozen desserts by leveraging base flavors, unique inclusions, and delicious variegates.
Enhancing Immunity Benefits Through Flavor
Let’s explore how to enhance the relationship between flavor and function to create flavorful, immunity-boosting products consumers are seeking.
5 Qualities to Look for When Choosing a Flavor Company
Choosing a flavor company to partner with can be challenging. We’re covering everything you need to consider to ensure you make the right decision.
Mixin’ Up Memorable Moments In Frozen Desserts (Video)
Learn how frozen dessert producers can step up ice cream innovation to meet demand and align with changing consumer cravings.
Flavors for Children: Crafting Products that Appeal to Kids & Parents
Creating flavors for children is a unique challenge. Let’s examine how food and beverage producers can craft products that appeal to both kids and their parents.
US Regulatory Compliance Changes In 2022 (Video)
Learn about upcoming regulatory compliance changes and how to prepare for some of these significant changes.
What Is a Natural WONF? Deciphering Flavor Labeling Acronyms
Decode WONF and learn about flavor labeling for food and beverages with insights from National Flavors. Download your free 1-page Flavor Labeling guide.
Delivering Frozen Indulgences that Delight Consumers
Innovative ideas that can help ice cream formulators deliver delicious new products for consumers as dietary needs evolve.
Looking Ahead: US Regulatory Compliance Changes in 2022
With a new year comes new regulatory compliance considerations for food and beverage manufacturers. Learn about how to stay compliant with new regulations.
Food & Beverage Market Trends for 2022: Part 2: Flavors Deep Dive
Consumers are seeking flavors that make life better, simpler, and more interesting. Flavor trends such as sweet and spicy, and earthy will continue to see growth.
Food & Beverage Market Trends for 2022: Part 1
Health will continue as a major trend in the food and beverage market. Consumers are shopping for products to support their health and sustainability goals.