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Pacific Rim Flavor Inclusions

Ethnic flavors are always a big hit among consumers, with the biggest being influenced by everything from demographic shifts to the way that people are eating their favorite foods. One of the biggest trends in the American food industry this year has been the rise of Pacific Rim flavors, which is a hodgepodge of ingredients […]

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Examining Global Snack Food Flavors

If it seems like the snack food market – that is, products such as flavored crackers, pretzels, and potato chips – is saturated with an incredible number of options, then you may be amazed by the incredible range of flavor options available around the world. Flavor preferences vary from region to region – sometimes drastically […]

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Predicting the Next Big Regional Flavor Trends

Some food and beverage trends are marked by the prominence of certain flavors, such as peach, or by herbal flavors, such as cilantro, both of which are currently seeing some of the biggest growth in the flavor industry. Other trends are marked by combinations of classic flavors, such as dark chocolate and chili peppers, or […]

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Specialty Pasta Sauce Flavors

Pasta sauce options were pretty limited in years past. The majority of options featured variations of the same standard Marinara – options such as with meat, without meat, with mushrooms, and the like didn’t leave shoppers with that difficult of a choice in the grocery store aisle. However, that has changed, and the number of […]

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The Allure of Ready-Made Dinners in the Frozen Food Aisle

People love home-cooked meals but, unfortunately, they can be time-consuming to make. It’s no surprise then that speed-scratch options have become so readily available in various areas of the grocery store, from boxed products to various frozen dinner products. Especially popular are frozen dinner favorites that can be prepared simply by tossing them into a […]

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The Best Alternative Chili Flavors

Chili is a classic, and depending on the person that you’re talking to, may be very strictly defined as far as what’s an ingredient and what’s not. However, the overwhelming majority of shoppers are willing to try something a little bit different, even if these alternative versions of chili do not meet the classical definition. […]