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The Continuing Popularity of Hazelnut Flavors

Hazelnut is a perennial flavor favorite when compared to other nut flavors, and for good reason. The combination of sweet and woody makes hazelnut perfect for a number of different food products, though it is especially popular in products such as confectionary items, desserts, and a number of different types of beverages. It is especially […]

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Ice Cream Cakes, the Sweet and Flavorful Treat

Ice cream is one of the world’s most popular desserts, ranking high up there with cake. It’s no surprise then that ice cream cake is one of the most popular desserts the world over. One of the most interesting things about ice cream cake in all of its various incarnations is the fact that buyers […]

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The Power of Great Flavor Combinations

The flavor industry has undergone several changes over the past decade. More than ever, people are favoring unique blends and new flavors, giving flavorists more room than ever to explore different delicious treats and creations. There are a number of different flavor ingredients for flavor companies to choose from when creating these flavor combinations, which […]

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Creating Candy Flavors for Foreign Markets

Confectionary products for the American domestic market can be pretty wide-ranging in terms of what’s available, especially when novelty products are taken into consideration. However, when products are being produced for foreign markets, the realm of what’s possible – that is, what people will buy – goes through the roof. As different as flavors can […]

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Delicious Flavor Options for Cheesecake

In the past decade, the world of desserts has undergone something of a revolution. It started with cupcakes, as more buyers than ever began to seek out unique, witty, and tasty versions of this otherwise simplistic treat. Now the desire for more complex, unusual, experimental flavors has spread into the creation of other sweet favorites, […]

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New and Improved Chocolate Flavors

For many, chocolate is already perfection, and there’s no need to tamper with something that’s already pretty incredible. However, others believe that when you’re starting with something that great, there’s nowhere to go but up. It makes sense, then, to experiment with various flavors and flavor ingredients in the creation of chocolate confectionary products.   […]

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Jellied Fillings for Pastries, Donuts and More

While jellied donuts and other jellied pastries aren’t an everyday breakfast treat for most buyers, they certainly have a strong place in the hearts (and stomachs) of a lot of buyers. Any company that works with baked goods like jellied donuts and pastries should keep in mind how important it is to create delicious fillings […]

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Microwave Popcorn: From Classics to New Favorites

Microwaved popcorn until recent years came in only a couple of different flavors – buttery and even more buttery. The use of flavor ingredients such as Natural Isobutyraldehyde and other similar ingredients to create a butter flavor for popcorn may be more or less traditional, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of other […]

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Creating Authentic Chinese Cuisine

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 […]

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Sweet, Spicy, Savory and More: Great Chicken Wing Flavors

Chicken wings are perhaps the world’s favorite type of appetizer, and the incredible variety of flavor options available when it comes to the seasonings, spices, and sauces used on chicken wings is unmatched. Whether a flavorist is looking to recreate (or perhaps even to reinvent) a classic flavor such as barbecue or they are looking […]