As flowers start to bloom and the weather warms up, it’s the perfect time to refresh your beverage offerings with delightful fruit flavors that capture the essence of spring. At Northwest Naturals, we’re passionate about providing beverage manufacturers and recipe developers with the highest quality fruit juice concentrates to help bring their creations to life. […]
Health & Wellness
Satisfying Gen Z’s Thirst:
Preparing for the Next Generation of Drinkers
Generation Z (the demographic born between 1997 and 2012) is now coming of drinking age. Their unique drinking habits and consumer behaviors will bring a shift to the beverage industry. We can help you prepare for it and keep your business relevant. As the beverage industry evolves, Gen Z’s drinking preferences and behaviors will heavily […]
Hybrid Beverages Can Benefit from High-Flavor, Low-Juice Blends
Hybrid beverages combine elements from two or more different types or categories of beverages. These combinations often result in innovative flavor profiles that offer consumers a novel drinking experience. They have gained popularity as the industry continually explores creative ways to meet consumer trends. “In general, consumers are seeking better-for-you products with functional ingredients, and […]
Balancing Your Juice Concentrate: The Art of Sweet Indulgence
If you’re already using juice concentrates in your food and drink applications, you’re on the right path to creating potent, delicious, consistent, and cost-effective sweet treats, but are you having trouble reaching the flavor goals you had in mind? The culprit might just be an unbalanced use of sweetness. Finding the ideal balance with juice […]
Spice Up Your Pumpkin Spiced Applications
It’s almost impossible to walk around without seeing pumpkin-spiced lattes advertised on storefronts or stacked on grocery store shelves in cookies or cereal bars. With social conversations about pumpkin spice increasing by 74.87% over the past year, it would be a waste NOT to jump on the trend. Creating a pumpkin spice application is a […]
How to Read a Product Specification Sheet
Product specification sheets are essential when creating new flavors with juice concentrates. These sheets allow juice concentrate companies like Northwest Naturals to be transparent, their clients to be informed, and their partnerships to be efficient and effective. Clients can use product specification sheets to make informed decisions, ensure product quality and safety, and meet specific […]