Insights From Our Team of Beverage Experts

• When developing, use an acid that will work in conjunction with your flavor profile. Using the correct acid will lift the flavor and brighten your beverage.

• Record ingredient lot numbers and expiration dates for traceability purposes.

• Anthocyanins will change color based on pH. If you are color matching, be sure to do so using your end pH.

• Even though fantasy flavors like fruit punch, cotton candy and bubblegum don’t exist in nature, they can still be made natural.

• If you have to add alcohol to your spray-dry formula, make sure it does not exceed 2%

• Don’t wait until you’ve completed bench-top development to start scale-up and accelerated shelf-life testing. The earlier you can find out about a problem with your formula, the more time you’ll have to fix it and save your launch timing!

• Work backwards! Understand the plant processing capabilities BEFORE starting any product development.