Get an insider’s look at what’s now and what’s next for dairy and dairy-free flavor solutions with this new e-book. From flavor layering to masking off-notes and balancing profiles, see how Edlong’s experts create authentic taste experiences, keeping F&B brands ahead of industry trends while reducing complexity.
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Over a Century of dairy process and global applications expertise have given Edlong the world’s largest portfolio of authentic dairy and dairy-free flavors.
Our comprehensive portfolio of Edlong dairy flavors improves classic taste profiles for Cheese, Butter, Sweet Dairy, Cream, and Milk, while also delivering unique functional value in the masking and mouthfeel of plant-based products. The Edlong team is agile and collaborative, ready to help accelerate product innovation and commercialization by applying the right building blocks to create dairy and dairy-free tastes that uniquely differentiate a brand.
At Edlong, we believe dairy can be indulgent, innovative and inspiring, and that the tastes of dairy can be a sales booster and a game changer. Our experience and our vision is why Edlong believes in Everything Dairy Can Be.
Edlong uses both dairy ingredients and non-dairy ingredients to create flavor profiles consumers want. Our concentrated cheese, butter, milk, cream, cultured, sweet dairy and other functional flavors deliver just the right intensity for your application, in a variety of forms and solubilities. With more than 250 authentic dairy-free and vegan flavors across all our flavor categories, Edlong flavors provide masking functionality to overcome bitter, metallic and other off-notes that plant-based ingredients and better-for-you additives can leave behind. When dairy commodities are reduced or eliminated, Edlong flavors can also be used to provide mouthfeel to add back richness and creaminess. The Edlong® Simply Dairy line is all natural and made from real dairy. These concentrated dairy blends naturally intensify flavor and deliver the foundational characteristics of dairy with a clean label. Edlong® Sweet Spot flavors are inspired by naturally sweet dairy products, and enhance the perception of sweetness and improve mouthfeel, while hinting at richness and indulgence.
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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
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DAESANG: Cutting sodium and boosting umami taste with clean label ingredient, Namino
25 Jul 2024 --- We catch up with Jay Baek, the marketing manager for Daesang’s ingredient business unit, at the company’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, to discuss its fermented natural flavor offering, Namino. Baek reveals how the product adds customized umami flavors with front, middle and lingering taste profiles while reducing sodium content.
Kerry: Navigating the rising cost of cocoa
22 Jul 2024 --- Over the past year, cocoa bean prices have skyrocketed with no signs of stabilizing, creating challenges for food manufacturers. Kerry is seeking to mitigate these rising costs via its innovative cocoa solutions portfolio. Francis De Campos Ferreira, global taste portfolio director for Cocoa Extracts & Chocolate Flavors, shares his insights into how companies can navigate the current economic landscape while maintaining product integrity and consumer trust.
19 Jul 2024 --- At IFT First 2024 in Chicago, US, Foodology by Univar Solutions’ senior manager for Application Development Food Ingredients North America, Charles Purcell, walked us through the company’s latest prototype solutions inspired by today’s food scene. Purcell also shared insights on how protein fortification, clean label and plant-based might evolve and outlined the company’s environmental sustainability focus.
18 Jul 2024 --- Cargill’s marketing insights and analytics manager for North America, Keith Albright, talks to us live from IFT about the importance of understanding consumer behavior and trends in the F&B industry. He also shares insights from the company’s TrendTracker technology, such as the rise of healthy indulgence, plant-based foods and the recent pandemic’s impact on consumer food choices.
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Expert Advice: Elevating Beverages with Oat Ingredients
05 Jun 2024 --- This webinar delves into the exciting realm of oat ingredients, exploring their potential to elevate plant-based and hybrid beverages by meeting the demands of today’s consumers. Oat milk is the top and fastest growing product base in dairy alternative drink launches. This is no surprise considering the array of benefits oats offer ranging from nutritional value and functionality to their natural and sustainable attributes. Join Tirlán in finding the right oat solution to suit your preferred beverage type and production capabilities all while gaining valuable insights into setting your oat-based beverage apart. You will also discover how leveraging the distinctive benefits of Irish Oats can elevate your product to new heights.
How to score plant-based confectionery sensory success
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The Editor Presents: Flavor Fusion Ready Meals
02 May 2024 --- Join The World of Food Ingredients’ editor, Missy Green, in a 15-minute roundup of themes from the ready meal edition. Discover how small ingredients like yeast are making a big impact on savory flavor, as well as modern fermentation techniques to perfect the taste and nutrition of plant-based foods. Cooking at home has gotten more exciting as consumers aim to reign in spending with chef-inspired and fusion flavors. We’ll also explore “an ocean of possibilities” with hydrocolloids from the sea and the FDA’s new Food Traceability Rule—FSMA 204. In other news, brands should beware of SARMs, unauthorized muscle-building supplement ingredients, which are appearing in online stores.
inspiring vanilla™ flavors for your health & nutrition solutions
10 Apr 2024 --- Many consumers are increasingly looking for healthier food and beverages offering nutritional support and other functionalities. The majority of these products incorporate special ingredients or formulas – coming with unpleasant off-notes impacting the overall flavor profile. Therefore, it is crucial to improve the taste, mouthfeel, and smell of these products. Vanilla is the perfect answer to a health-conscious world. Combining this widely beloved flavor with taste-balancing capabilities, vanilla can be used as a natural masker in health & nutrition applications. In this webinar, you will learn how Symrise can support you in decoding unwanted off-flavors and designing vanilla taste that consumers love. Find out how to make healthier products taste great and actively promote everyday health everywhere!