A Taste of Wellness for Savoury and Snacks
Givaudan
More flavour news today with the announcement from leading flavour company Quest Food that its culinary team has launched the Meat Designer Wheel - the second in a range of new flavour development systems and following on from its predecessor, the Chicken Designer Wheel, launched last autumn.
The company claims that this new approach, available to Quest's customers only, to select and describe flavour profiles aims to cut product development time for customers by potentially reducing the complexity of their meat flavour portfolio.
The Meat Designer Wheel, like its predecessor, uses a culinary development system based on the chef's approach to recipes, using traditional kitchen cooking techniques as a benchmark and starting point.
The Wheel operates as a visual spectrum of flavour profiles, all named in language related to well-known cooking styles. It draws flavours from six different home-style cooking methods, resulting in 10 character-specific profiles, like `roast' or `stewed', and seven species-specific profiles - four varieties of beef plus pork, veal and lamb.
From the Wheel, the flavour application technologist works out the optimum combination and balance of flavour profiles to replicate the culinary taste desired by the customer.
Olivier Kapetanakos, Global Product Manager of Savoury, said: "The Meat Designer Wheel is capable of developing an endless variety of flavour `designer blocks' from a spectrum of just 17 thoroughly pre-tested flavour profiles.
"Through this approach, we enable our customers to produce authentic tastes to suit the diverse cultures in today's global market. Each flavour created is unique to that recipe and is worked on with the customer until it is just right."
Meat Designer Wheel, particularly focused on bouillons, soups and sauces for ready meals and noodles, is making its debut in North America, to be launched in Europe in autumn, followed by Asia Pacific and other regions at the end of the year.
Quest is currently working on two more Designer Wheels, due to be launched next year.