flavours
Symrise posts encouraging half-year results across flavours and ingredients divisions
Flavours, ingredients and fragrance group Symrise has recorded strong first-half results for 2024, with sales up 6.3% to $2.5 billion, which it attributed to a strong focus on materials usage and wider business efficiencies, writes Neill Barston.
Corbion confirms product specialist Willy van Arkel for the World Confectionery Conference
Global ingredients group, Corbion, has confirmed its presence as a speaker at this year’s World Confectionery Conference, with Willy van Arkel, senior business development and product manager joining the line-up.
Ice cream van classics gain dancefloor revamp and inspire new Nestlé flavours
Star of British street dance troupe, Jordan Banjo, has added a creative remix to two classic ice cream van jingles, as Nestlé unveils related nostalgic flavours for its classic lines to match, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
Premium and artisan crafts are topping Christmas flavour lists, says ofi
Global ingredients group, ofi, has offered a festive breakdown of some of its flavour favourites for Christmas 2023, for cocoa and confectionery markets, as international category sales continue to offer an upturn for the season.
Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
dsm-firmenich names Peach as flavour of the year, with applications including confectionery
Flavours and fragrance group dsm-firmenich has named Peach+ as the 12th annual “Flavor of the Year” for 2024, with potential applications across a number of segments including confectionery, as well as beverages and other fruit-based products, writes Neill Barston.
Special focus: A perfect flavour match
Confectionery Production examines how colours and flavours in 2023 are all about cherishing the past, indulging in the present and innovating for the future. Daisy Phillipson reports
Frighteningly fine Halloween ingredients innovations and trends heading our way
With the Halloween season rapidly kicking into gear, ingredients specialists at ofi have unveiled some of their top flavour tips for the season, which promises to offer plenty of ghoulishly fine treats, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability
Flavour fusion of East meets West leads the way with ofi’s latest AI-enhanced research
AI-generated research has led ingredients specialist ofi to deliver latest insights anticipating a greater fusion of flavours across product categories including confectionery, bakery and snacks markets around the world, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Givaudan launches key AI-enhanced customer foresight system
The Givaudan fragrance, taste and wellbeing group has launched its AI-enhanced Customer Foresight platform that is anticipated to have a major impact on future product development, writes Neill Barston.
Divine Chocolate develops smooth dark fruit and nut bar marking 25th anniversary
Divine, the chocolate maker co-owned by cocoa farmers has made a key new release in the form of a new Smooth Dark Chocolate Fruit and Nut sharing bar in celebration of its 25th anniversary, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
Kerry’s taste and nutrition studies highlight importance of heritage products
Global taste and nutrition firm Kerry has forecast that flavours inspired by heirloom recipes, across generations of tradition globally, will drive sector innovation this year, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
Nestlé targets Christmas market with latest classic chocolate favourites
With Christmas now just around the corner, Nestlé has pledged the return of some key festive favourites and themed product launches as it competes for a share of the biggest retailing period of the calendar, reports Neill Barston.
Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Sustainability
Symrise half-year results show business continues key growth trajectory
Flavours and fragrance group Symrise showed strong progress with its latest financial results revealing organic sales growth of 10.2 %, recording an 18.5% year-on-year in revenue gain to € 2,260 billion, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Regulatory, Sustainability
Taste and fragrance group Firmenich signs merger with DSM global health and nutrition business
Health and nutrition group DSM has confirmed a merger agreement with global taste and perfume company, Firmenich, combining their sector disciplines, which include applications within confectionery, to become DSM-Firmenich, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Regulatory, Sustainability