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 […]
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Autumn Fruits and Application Inspiration You Fall in Love With
Autumn flavors are warm, comforting, wholesome, and rustic. The weather is cool enough to enjoy the feeling of our hands-on steaming mugs of strawberry mocha lattes yet warm enough to enjoy an outdoor picnic beneath yellowing leaves. People start eating and drinking more during autumn and as we move into the colder months. With the […]
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 […]
Summer Fruits and Must-Try Flavor Inspiration!
Summertime means picnics, BBQs, potlucks, and parties. Mealtimes will see more refreshing options with bright, fun flavors to balance the summer heat. Northwest Naturals is here to help your business stay on the trends and make your flavor goals a reality, which can mean utilizing fruits that are in season. Summer is the season for […]
Apricots: Everything You Need to Know
Apricots may seem like the road trip food of choice when you peruse through the isles of dried fruits in the gas station and convenience stores, but their possibilities can range throughout the culinary and beverage world. While other stone fruits have a more pungent floral and sweeter flavor, apricots stand out as both tart […]
Fruit Essences and Why You Need Them!
Imagine putting a pot of freshly pressed apple juice on the stove. As the fire heats the juice, it fills the room with a fresh, crisp apple aroma. That scent is the essence flashing off the juice! With the magic of food science, that aroma can be collected, bottled, and used to deepen and round […]