Sensient In the News

March 2015

With the click of a button, consumers can start a petition, rally the troops and storm the proverbial steps of major food and beverage companies and demand product reformulation. Think of Gatorade and its disdained emulsifier, brominated vegetable oil (BVO); or Starbucks and its "buggy" coloring, chochineal. Food and beverage activists are everywhere - online, in the media and standing next to you in the grocery line. They're tired of bottlenecked beverage labels with chemical-sounding ingredients, too many ingredients or just the wrong ingredients, according to them.

Tags: health & wellness, sensient flavors, trendspotting,

Mar 30, 2015 Sensient Flavors

Drinking to Health and Innovation

Food Ingredients First

Key suppliers offer their thoughts on the trends to watch in the soft drinks sector. Where are the latest opportunities in functional beverages and which active ingredients should we be looking out for?

Tags: beverages, flavors, health & wellness, sensient flavors, trendspotting,

Sensient Colors, uma divisão da Sensient Technologies, está lançando uma nova linha de cores naturais sob a marea Pure-S. Estes novos corantes naturais e inovadores abrem a possibilidade de atingir os tons das cores mais vibrantes que a natureza tem para oferecer.

Tags: naturais, natural colors, pure-s, sensient colors,

A February announcement from Pittsburgh's H.J. Heinz Co. that it was rolling out Heinz Tomato Ketchup Blended with Sriracha Flavor got a lot of play in the consumer press, as does anything of late having to do with sriracha. And this was not the first time Heinz has put a new spin on the ubiquitous condiment that is a keystone of its product portfolio.

Tags: health & wellness, sensient flavors, trendspotting,

The beloved pizza pie, which not too long ago pushed borders with pineapple topping, now may come with ethnic twists such as curry crust, honey sriracha sauce and Mediterranean black olive topping.

Tags: ethnic flavors, savory, sensient flavors, trendspotting,

Although one particular fruit won’t magically bestow optimal health, by enjoying a variety of fruits — in the context of enjoying a variety foods daily — one is much more likely to get all the essential nutrients, which will support better health.

Tags: dairy, sensient flavors, superfruits, trendspotting,

Mar 12, 2015 Sensient Flavors

Spicing Up Food Formulating

Institute of Food Technologists

No plane ticket? No problem. For a trip around the world, look no further than your spice rack. There you will find cinnamon from Sri Lanka, Aleppo pepper from Syria, saffron from Spain, and so much more. Not only have spices brought people from diverse cultures together, under both positive and negative circumstances (explorers navigated the world in search of these “exotic” ingredients, forming beneficial trade partnerships, but also giving rise to colonialism), they have also changed people’s eating and cooking habits.

Tags: ethnic flavors, ift, sensient flavors, spices,

The 2020 Women on Boards Honor Roll Companies for 2014 include 233 companies that have been on the Winning "W" Company list for four consecutive years, 2011 - 2014.

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Aufmunternd, anregend, entspannend oder beruhigend: Sensient Flavors präsentiert neue Getränkekonzepte mit Wohlfühl-Faktor. Dabei verfolgt das Unternehmen einen emotionalen Ansatz, um die Stimmung positiv zu beeinflussen. Im Hinblick auf das Aroma stehen Beeren und ausgewählte Kräuter im Mittelpunkt, zudem wurden farbpsychologische Erkenntnisse berücksichtigt.

Tags: beverages, europe, schlückchenweise zu mehr wohlbefinden, sensient flavors,

Convenience is king. From drive-through drugstores to mail-order dry-cleaning, today’s consumers are continually looking for—and finding— ways to lighten their load of everyday tasks and chores. It may not be surprising then that people are also applying this principle to the way they feed themselves.

Tags: food on-the-go, health & wellness, sensient flavors,

If wasabi ginger Oreos or grilled cheese Pop-Tarts sound delicious, stay tuned. Such products may not be far from retail reality.

Tags: flavor combinations, sensient flavors,

Flavour and fragrance manufacturer Sensient Flavors has developed four new product ranges in response to rising demand for products that influence and balance our emotional state in a gentle and natural way, that it claims will support drinks manufacturers in the creation of “mood balancing” products.

Tags: beverages, fruit flavors, health & wellness, sensient flavors,

Sensient Flavors has developed new beverage concepts that it says respond to rising demand for food and drink that affects and balances our emotional states in a ‘gentle and natural’ way. Emphasizing that health and wellness benefits need not only be physical (or nutritional), the company believes that the emotional influence of foods and drinks is a key trend.

Tags: beverages, health & wellness, organic, sensient flavors,