Navigating “natural”

How Symrise invests in harnessing the best of nature for all of your chicken needs

73%. That many global consumers prioritized the natural claim in their grocery store purchase decisions, according to a recent survey. Consumers are scrutinizing ingredient lists like never before, and explicit use of the word ‘natural’ can make all the difference. At the same time, taste, food safety, and price continue to form critical preference drivers for a global majority, as well.

Companies in the chicken competence face a clear challenge. Driving business growth means cutting through the noise and delivering high-impact chicken flavors with ingredients and sourcing that support the package claims consumers demand.

What does ‘natural’ mean for consumers and chicken innovation? Navigating ‘natural’ can seem daunting. Symrise can help.

To meet consumer expectations for clean label, affordability, and authentic taste all at once, companies worldwide are benefiting from the traceability, sustainability, and full-stream control that comes from working with one end-to-end partner at Symrise.

From people to sourcing to technology, Symrise’s investment in ‘natural’ provides comprehensive, integrated, and highly-performing solutions for key category challenges that deliver on taste, transparency, and consumer trends along the entire supply stream.

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At Symrise, we understand very well how to source, process, and deliver the best ingredients. We can therefore go the extra mile in valorizing what we get from nature, while also focusing on superior consumer experience in the end product. Meaning - we really do get the best out of both worlds to deliver the market-leading solutions.Nicolas Basch, Culinary Development and Portfolio Director

World-leading natural sourcing with generational farmers

From farm to fork and to the future of chicken, one of the most essential components of delivering the authentic taste of nature relates to the people involved in the process. Local expertise, exceptional natural raw material sourcing, and in-house mastery of the culinary raw materials value chain allows companies that partner with Symrise to rely on cost-efficient backward-integrated products traceably sourced from trusted local suppliers. Many who have been raising chickens for generations and bring centuries of knowledge to sustainable practices.

Across tonalities and applications, consumers are demanding explicit declaration of core ingredients and the use of real chicken. For many, the priority is sustainability. A recent study revealed that 85% of global consumers have shifted their purchase behavior towards acting more sustainable.

For other consumers, a preference for the ‘natural’ declaration is driven by other factors. In the APAC region, for example, health and nutritional value are powerful priorities that lead consumers to choose ‘natural.’

Regardless of the consumer’s motivation, companies must adapt quickly to offer products that consumers recognize as natural, sustainable, traceable, ethical, and nutritional — or risk falling behind.

While companies can mitigate some of this risk by using multiple suppliers, the daily battle with supply and quality issues shrinks the time for companies to innovate or build toward future growth. For this reason, many global chicken companies choose to work with a trusted core supplier, such as Symrise, that offers a one-stop solution.

Our long-lasting and close partnerships with farmers who care about sustainable agricultural practices enable fully traceable and ethically sourced ingredients, as well as the opportunity for companies to communicate this to the consumer. Additionally, our comprehensive, integrated, full-stream toolbox helps companies challenge cost pressures and focus on strategy and execution, secure in the knowledge that they can count on Symrise for hassle-free, reliable, cost-efficient, and high-performing chicken flavor solutions.

State-of-the-art innovation in natural

If one side of the ‘natural’ coin relates to the people, the other side undoubtedly refers to technology to bring out the best of nature. At Symrise, our natural taste solutions leverage science and innovation to deliver consumer-preferred richness and develop a range of natural flavor solutions that surpass chicken food solutions alone.

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Beyond advanced scientific expertise, companies who partner with Symrise also benefit from our investments in development, application, and sensory innovation laboratories. These facilities are dedicated to decoding, designing, and delivering winning taste solutions that consumers love.

For example, our upcoming Enhanced Natural Innovation Center at the Symrise Singapore campus will soon support the APAC region. The new facility will join Symrise innovation centers worldwide, all of which work to help deliver natural solutions that are relevant to regional needs. Together, they aid in developing consumer-led winning concepts and taste solutions that will empower companies to achieve profitable, strategic, and sustainable growth. Based on this, many companies turn to Symrise to help navigate ‘natural’ for their product development.

High-tech innovation and proprietary technological tools and processes can provide numerous advantages for companies. For example, ensuring consistency, precise adjustments, and predictive modeling of consumer preference supports customization and cost-efficiency. Meanwhile, target-based flavor technology helps us locate the building blocks of flavor compositions, such as aroma and mouthfeel, thereby ensuring the best results. Finally, our global regulatory expertise allows us to provide guidance and support throughout the development process, helping you navigate legal and safety pitfalls, stay ahead of changes and challenges, and get products to market faster with strict quality and supply chain control.

These facilities create industry-leading chicken food solutions and more. As an example, they also foster the development of natural flavor and taste solutions that leverage science and innovation to deliver consumer-preferred richness. Our deep understanding of consumer liking connected to specific regions and concrete raw material combinations, as well as our proprietary flavor analysis tools, deliver examples of our commitment to future-forward competitive growth driven by Symrise innovation centers. To learn more about how we expand possibilities in flavor trends, click here.

Companies that partner with Symrise can consistently and efficiently deliver on consumer demand for explicit “natural” claims with winning, category-leading, full-stream product solutions.


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