Prepared Foods -- Symrise’s new line of tropical fruit flavors -- go tropicals! -- now features on-trend mango, guava, papaya, pineapple, lychee, passionfruit, pomegranate, coconut water and prickly pear. These tropical fruit flavors have been used by Symrise applications specialists in a wide range of formulations, from confectioneries to bakery products to savory toppings and desserts, as well as still drinks, teas and carbonated beverages. Symrise’s R&D department also found fortified formulations featuring tropical fruit flavors showed “substantial evidence that some of these flavors effectively mask the off-tastes of some vitamins and minerals.”  Symrise, www.symrise.com  pf