The numbers don’t lie. Consumer interest in hot and spicy ingredients continues to increase for the tenth year in a row, with more than 22,000 new products having been introduced last year. Hot sauce can be used in a number of different ways, and in many different kinds of cuisines. Though the standard type of […]
Muddy buns are the new craze, and it’s not hard to see why. With the popularity of Asian foods in the flavor industry combined with consumers’ desire for fun and delicious products, muddy buns also knows as “dirty bread” has a lot to offer. First popularized in early 2017 by Beijing’s Bad Farmers & Our […]
Fermented flavors are traditional in many types of cuisine, as well as across the board in the beverage market, but until recent years these favorites have largely been left alone when it comes to changing up their flavors. That’s definitely not the case anymore – not only are new varieties of fermented food and products […]
Hot and spicy foods have always been a favorite among buyers, but more foods than ever before are being formulated with delicious spicy notes that make them especially appealing for buyers. This is true with foods ranging from the essentials – meats, pasta sauces, and frozen goods – to numerous different snack food products such […]
They’re a football game favorite, a popular side order in pizza delivery, and one of the hottest selling items from your grocery store’s freezer. That’s not really much of a surprise – wings taste great in all of their forms, are quick and easy to dig into, and can be seasoned in any of a […]
From regular French fries to tater tots, hash browns, seasoned fries and more, there are various different frozen potato options in grocery store freezers. While regular French fries may have been the most popular option for years, there are now numerous options available with many more being made available by the year. Numerous different types […]
It doesn’t take a culinary expert to know that the food dishes commonly thought of as “Chinese” in the United States are, at best, only roughly inspired by the foods of China. For decades, this has been more or less okay with food buyers. However, times have changed. As ethnic foods take over the culinary […]
Soy sauce has become so ubiquitous in cuisine that many people don’t even necessarily think of it as “Asian” anymore. It can be used in a number of different types of foods and food products to create that delicious “umami” flavor that has become so important in the culinary world in recent years. However, a […]
Everybody likes to spice things up every once in a while, and what better way to do so than with spicy notes in some of your favorite food and beverage products? Spicy foods have been a mainstay in a variety of flavor creation for years. Recently there has been more attention than ever given to […]
For many in the flavor industry, sweet and sour go hand in hand in the creation of numerous different types of flavors. From traditional sweet and sour sauces as are commonly used in Asian style cuisine to candy flavors that combine sweet and sour notes, there are many different industries and many different types of […]
