A leading vanilla supplier, Virginia Dare is an expert on sweet flavors. In fact, the company has projected leading on-trend sweet flavors for 2015. 

Maple: One of the trendiest new flavors, maple is appearing in water products from Canada. Consumers have a strong natural positive association with maple.

Ginger: With the popularity of savory Asian cooking, ginger is increasingly recognized as a very versatile and appealing flavor. It appears in everything from ginger beer to ginger candy and offers a multitude of heat variations.

Blueberry: Blueberries are an all-American, all-time favorite.

Raspberry: Ever popular in taste, great in aroma. Raspberry is a little more sophisticated than other berries and also has many positive health associations.

Sour Cherry: Well known in Europe, sour cherry is becoming more popular with US consumers.

Strawberry Rhubarb: An old fashioned comfort food flavor, Strawberry-Rhubarb delivers a certain specialness and uniqueness with its taste.

Pumpkin Pie: Pumpkin pie taste is so popular nowadays that it is showing up in every conceivable product category . It connotes comfort, Americana, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and the hearth warming autumn season.

Vanilla: Vanilla remains one of the most universally known and most appealing of all tastes. Moreover, it is simple, clean and familiar.

Dairy Cream: Dairy cream flavor builds rich dairy indulgence into many new low fat or non-dairy products.

Want to learn more? Come taste the trends by contacting Virginia Dare.

— Virginia Dare, www.virginiadare.com