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Summer 2021 BBQ Flavor Trends
Consumers increasingly crave global BBQ flavors—from Korean gochujang, Caribbean jerk, and Cajun spices to regional U.S. styles like Kansas City, Texas, Memphis, and Carolina—with sweet‑heat, citrus, vinegar, and smoky profiles dominating summer menus.
Flavor Focus: Lemongrass
Lemongrass delivers a bright citrus-herbal profile with lemon, mint, and subtle ginger-like warmth. Its sparkling aroma and versatile taste suit beverages, sauces, baked goods, and savory foods—providing clean-label, refreshing flavor with mood‑lifting sensory appeal.
Flavor Focus: Lavender
Lavender Type flavor offers delicate, floral notes with subtle herbal sweetness—ideal for clean-label use in beverages, confections, bakery, and dairy, adding a calm, aromatic profile with natural elegance.
Flavor Focus: Strawberry
Strawberry Type NA flavor delivers authentic, juicy strawberry notes—bright, sweet, and fresh—perfect for clean-label applications in beverages, confectionery, and dairy, enhancing products with natural fruit-forward appeal.
Encapsulated Flavors
Encapsulated flavors use micro‑ or nano‑encapsulation (e.g. spray‑drying, coacervation) to protect and deliver natural taste precisely, enhancing flavor stability, controlled release, clean‑label formulation, and shelf life while masking degradation.
Sweet Bakery Flavor Trends 2021
Consumers turned to nostalgic, comforting baked goods during the pandemic, boosting demand for classic flavors like apple pie, brownie, and cheesecake. Simultaneously, there was a rise in interest for innovative flavors such as Bananas Foster and Yuzu, offering both indulgence and health-conscious options.
Palatants for Pet Food
Trilogy meets the call of the wild with savory palatants that help dry, wet, and canned pet food products get a “paws up” from companion animals. Trilogy helps manufacturers produce pet foods that animals enjoy-thanks to high-quality pet food flavorings that enhance palatability.
Flavors for Ice Cream
Trilogy’s dairy experts are opening many new doors to exciting flavors in our dedicated dairy lab. Our extensive list of exotic, fruit, and dessert flavors for ice cream offers manufacturers tremendous flexibility and superior taste. Trilogy’s natural flavor blends are water soluble, and available in combination with popular inclusions and