The plant-based market is growing at a CAGR of approximately 6.5%. Due to the rapid development of plant-based products it can get difficult to meet consumer taste and texture expectations. Discover how masking solutions of Symrise can balance unwanted off-notes and off-tastes while masking mouthfeel.
This fast-growing plant-based market presents a lot of opportunities, and also a big challenge: Consumers expect real dairy taste and texture from their plant-based dairy alternatives. Sadly, the current market fails to fulfill customer expectations in terms of taste. Symrise consumer insights have identified that 70% of consumers avoid plant-based dairy due to disappointing taste and/or texture. This makes it evident that manufacturers are facing a challenge to make plant-based dairy meet consumers taste expectations. Symrise can help you navigate the plant-based dairy challenges thanks to their extensive expertise based on sensory analysis.
[Source: Symrise online consumer survey 2020]
Symrise can help you navigate this plant-based taste challenge along every step of the way by leveraging the Symlife™ range of masking solutions paired with application development expertise. Symrise follows a three-step process to unlocking great taste for plant-based dairy alternatives: