Sponsor Profiles
Knowledge Partner
Mintel is the world's leading market intelligence agency. For more than 40 years, Mintel's expert analysis of the highest quality data and market research has directly impacted on client success. With offices globally, Mintel has forged a unique reputation as a world-renowned business brand. For more information on Mintel, please visit www.mintel.com.
Platinum Sponsors
Curion is a leader in sensory and consumer product research and serves Fortune 500 and other blue-chip customers in the food & beverage, personal care, fine fragrance, and home & fabric care industries. In 2018 alone, the company tested 97,000 consumers in its facilities in San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, and New York metropolitan areas. Curion's insights provide data such as: product readiness for launch, consumer purchase decision process, competitive landscape and more to its clients. The result of a merger between Q Research Solutions and Tragon Corp., Curion brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the consumer and sensory science industry. The company pioneered many of the sensory methodologies considered industry standards today, including Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA)® and Partnership Solutions (PS).
Tastepoint is the newest name in taste, backed by more than a century of experience. Our purpose is to be the spark that advances our customers. We’re an agile, energetic product development partner with a fresh perspective. With more than 80,000 custom tastes, we capture the essence of our customers’ ideas, and the imagination of their consumers. Together, we'll create a fresh take on taste.
Gold Sponsors
Brenntag Food & Nutrition has the dedication and commitment to nothing but food and nutrition. Experts at home and everywhere in the world, who are passionate about food and nutrition, fully equipped application and development centers as well as specialized technical service capabilities and excellent service: that is Brenntag Food & Nutrition. Our specialized teams are at your service in the universe of food: Creating tailor-made food formulations, no matter how small or large our partner’s need. Finding innovative and smart approaches for food products that appeal to all senses.
The California Walnut Commission represents the interests of the 4,800+ walnut growers and the nearly 100 handlers in California’s Central Valley. The Commission was established in 1987 and is responsible for 99% of U.S. production of English walnuts. California walnuts offer a unique flavor and texture, making them versatile for savory and sweet food applications. In bakery foods, bars and chocolate confections, walnuts add flavor and indulgence. In sauces and spreads, walnuts naturally thicken and improve mouthfeel. Walnuts also make for an exceptional plant-based alternative to meat. Plus, California walnuts offer product developers a plant-based source of omega-3 fatty acids.
From ideation through launch, Cargill offers the marketplace knowledge, technical capabilities and ingredients you need to develop breakthrough foods and beverages that will delight your consumers and help your business thrive. As a global ingredient leader, Cargill offers an extensive portfolio of ingredient solutions to meet your formulation goals for sugar reduction, label-friendly, non-GMO, organic and beyond. Learn more at www.cargill.com.
Edlong Corporation is the global leader in the development and production of dairy and dairy-free flavors and continues to re-imagine how the taste of dairy provides unique and delicious benefits to both dairy and plant-based formulations. Maintaining taste profiles and mouthfeel in better-for-you applications, or those with added protein, can be challenging. Our natural flavors help achieve individual clean label requirements, add decadence, mask nutritional ingredient and plant protein off-notes, layer flavors for depth, and elevate a standard product to a premium one. Let us re-imagine your next innovation to change the way people perceive food. www.edlong.com
InsightsNow, an agile behavioral research firm, partners with clients across a wide array of industry verticals to grow marketing, branding and product development through custom, cutting-edge research technologies and innovative techniques. The company specializes in clean label research—and finding answers faster, improving speed-to and success-in market, and changing the way we all look at humans and human behavior. InsightsNow was named one of the most innovative market research firms in the world by Greenbook’s 2018 Grit Report.
SōRSE Technology is a water-soluble emulsion technology for infusing CBD, hemp extract, and terpenes into beverages, food items, and topicals with near-perfect dosing and no cannabis taste and smell.
Tree Top Fruit Ingredients
With our headquarters in the heart of Washington state’s bountiful fruit country, Tree Top remains committed to our co-op’s small town roots and rural values. Hardworking and caring growers and employees are what make Tree Top special. Since 1960, we’ve been producing delicious fruit products and ingredients.
Today, Tree Top is one of the world's largest producers of fruit ingredient products (from dried apples, fruit juice concentrates to fruit purees and formulated fruit preps) and the primary supplier to the U.S. market, providing food ingredients to over 20 of the nation's top 25 food companies. A key element of the growth of our business has been our superior technical support capabilities. Our experienced scientists and food technologists are readily available to work with customers on the development of new products and unique applications. Visit us at www.treetopingredients.com and explore our complete list of capabilities and fruit ingredient offerings.
Silver Sponsors
Comax Flavors is a world leader in proprietary flavors technology. We offer a full range of traditional flavors, but we are also flavor innovators, specializing in flavor improvements for healthy foods and customized solutions to every food and beverage flavor challenge.
Ours is an organization driven by passionate, talented people who work diligently and with great determination to deliver what our customers require.
We offer highly-advanced quality control protocols, exemplary customer service practices, a strong commitment to ongoing research and development and a focus on marketability. To keep our flavors in tune with our customers’ application needs, we continuously conduct consumer sensory research studies to stay ahead of flavor trends and consumer flavor preferences and interests. www.comaxflavors.com
Flavor Dynamics is a leading provider of high-quality food and beverage flavors developed by a team dedicated to innovative products and personalized customer support. We are committed to the technical mastery of the art and science of flavor chemistry, creative product innovation and the kind of service that you deserve.
From working with you on your initial flavor applications to making sure that every order is of consistent, reliable quality, our experienced team is up to any challenge. Contact a salesperson today to find out how we can help make your products better - to help make your business grow. www.flavordynamics.com
The Roxlor Group headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia, manufactures high quality two-piece hard gelatin capsules for the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement markets AND manufacturers innovative nutraceutical and cosmeceutical ingredients for the North American, European and Asian dietary supplement and food markets.
Roxlor specializes in identifying innovative ingredients and bringing them to market around the world either by partnering with manufacturers or through its own manufacturing resources. The product line is limited to unique ingredients that offer innovative and versatile solutions to the food or dietary supplement industry. All products offered by Roxlor are backed by sound scientific evidence proving their safety, quality and efficacy. www.roxlor.com
