At Essential we aim to not only develop a flavour to meet your specifications, but we strive to present the flavour in a medium that represents the finished product.  Our team of innovative and highly trained technologists are able to offer fresh ideas adapting new flavour trends and the latest functional food products.  Essential can work individually on a project or collaborate closely with your team of food technologists or marketers

We have a fully equipped innovation centre that allows us to apply our development strengths in the following food categories:

•  Dairy
  •  Flavoured milk
  •  Ice-cream and Iced confections
  •  Yoghurt and Dairy Deserts
•  Confectionery
•  Baked goods
  •  Biscuits/Biscuit Mixes
  •  Cake/Muffin Mixes
•  Nutritional products and snacks
  •  Protein Powders/Bars
  •  Muesli Bars and Kids Snacks
•  Cereal
•  Beverages
  •  RTD’s (including Alcoholic and Tea/Coffee)
  •  Soft drinks and Cordials
  •  Mineral waters and Flavoured Waters
  •  Juices

Some examples of the equipment regularly used include:

•   Coating pan suitable for a range of confectionery applications as well as panning of cereal products;
•   Incubator for accelerated stability trials;
•   High Shear Mixer and Homogeniser allows us to apply flavours in emulsion mediums such as dairy application in ice cream and other desserts. 

Utilising our purpose built facilities we are able to translate your flavour ideas into final products.