Moo-ve over milk because dairy alternatives aren’t losing momentum any time soon! This report provides an analysis of the growing dairy alternative beverage market and offers tips and tricks from our R&D experts on the key components of creating a product that consumers will love.

What’s Included:

• A comprehensive market overview of what drives purchase decisions and which products are poised for growth.
• An analysis of how brands differentiate products using various ingredients, flavors and fortifications.
• A breakdown of key formulation elements and recommendations on how to address common challenges that occur when developing dairy alternatives.

Successful innovation requires striking a balance between addressing the demand for better-for-you consumables and providing an experience that consumers crave. Enter Imbibe’s ingredient toolbox fully stocked with flavors with modulating properties and other high-performing ingredients that have been optimizing multisensory perception in market products for years. To get the latest scoop on the ingredients at play, download our product menu!

This guide is a handy reference point to help you in your beverage development process. In it, you will find:

• Key questions to help your refine your beverage concept
• Commonly used terms and their definitions
• Beverage Processing Method descriptions, beverage and package treatment methods, temperature ranges, common beverage and package types (if this section is exceptionally useful, you may want to take a look at our Beverage Processing Bootcamp webinar)
• Ideas to help you differentiate your flavors in the marketplace

During the development process, flavor profiles are heavily reliant on both the developers and the customer being on the same page. This flavor descriptor wheel should further your understanding of taste profiles and help you determine which terms are right for your product.

Based on our extensive work with developing complex flavor profiles, many of these terms are part of our native language, here at Imbibe. Some of our favorites:

• Floral
• Green
• Earthy
• Nutty

Our team of expert product developers, flavorists, and taste modulating experts are here to get you started on your next innovation. Want to sample some flavors from our extensive library? Request flavor samples by emailing marketing@imbibeinc.com.

Enjoy this flavorful resource!

Natural Products Expo East features new and noteworthy natural and organic products, educational sessions that focus on the current landscape in food and beverage, and networking for professionals across the industry. After attending the show in late September 2021, our team gathered our insights and findings and compiled them into this post-show trend report.

Here is a sneak peek of the trends we reported on:

• For the love of plants
• Blurred Lines
• CBD for everyone
• And more!

From innovative ingredients to a unique spin on more common products, we hope this report can guide you on your next venture. Have an idea that you need support on? Imbibe’s scientists, sensory experts, regulatory experts, and marketers are here to get you started: marketing@imbibeinc.com

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The pilot plant inside of Imbibe’s offices features equipment that gives us the capabilities to replicate a diverse assortment of manufacturing processes. Discover how we test and develop to create some of the most cutting-edge products in the industry.

Here are some of the processes that we dive into:

• Carbonation
• Powder Blending
• Hot-Fill
• And more!

For more information as to how our pilot plant can support your innovation, email marketing@imbibeinc.com.