The Ultimate Guide to Purple Colours
Manufacturers use the colour purple to promote good quality, and it helps to encourage people to eat healthier and try new and exciting foods. Portraying healthiness in your food and beverages is becoming more and more important, as healthy eating has become a dominant trend this year. Purple is very rare in food and drink, […]
How is Vanilla Extract made?
Where does vanilla extract come from? It’s in the name – it’s made by soaking aged/cured vanilla beans in ethanol and water to ‘extract’ all of their flavour compounds. Read on more as we show you just exactly how it is done, the benefits and where you can use Plant-Ex’s vanilla extract in application… Step […]
Top Extracts of 2022
The extracts division at Plant-Ex is a diverse one – we have a large variety of oils, oleoresins and powders for sweet and savoury applications. To officially round off 2022, we have listed the top extracts per division in this blog. Working on NPD that requires a product mentioned below? Get in touch with us […]
Top Colours of 2022
We’re here to show you which colours were the most popular among our customers throughout 2022. Colour is arguably one of the most important components of a food or beverage product (although we are slightly biased!). Its the first thing consumers see when looking at the shelves and helps them to determine the freshness and […]
Top Flavours of 2022
As we progress into 2023, we decided to officially wrap up 2022 by presenting you with our top flavours of the year for each division. It became apparent that a lot of ‘traditional’ flavours still remained the most popular across the board, however it was nice to see a few unique flavours in the mix. […]
The Different Flavour Profiles of Vanilla
Is it really a surprise that Vanilla is considered to be the world’s favourite flavour? A subtle but intoxicating combination of sweet, creamy, and floral notes. For any sweet application, Vanilla flavour is a go-to. Believe it or not, there are hundreds of different profiles to a vanilla flavour – from creamy to buttery; beany […]
The Process of Spray Drying
Traceability is at the forefront of what we do, and having on-site spray driers at our sites in the UK and Turkey means we have complete control over the process from sampling to production and right through to dispatch. Our team are experts in this field – keep reading to find out how our spray […]
The Process of Matching a Colour
Plant-Ex are here to meet all your needs… Colour matching is a popular service that is offered to our new and existing customers at Plant-Ex. It is the process whereby we match the colour supplied by your incumbent supplier in order to offer a more competitive price, shorter lead times and a better level of […]
FPS: Anti-Oxidants and Anti-Microbials
The Food Protection Systems division is the most recent division set up by Plant-Ex. It was set up in order to provide natural, clean-label ingredient options for the enhancement of food safety, structure and presentation – what more could you need! The two main sections of our FPS division are Anti-Oxidants and Anti-Microbials. Anti-Oxidants Oxidation […]
UK & Europe Flavour Trends to Watch for 2023!
The Plant-Ex Research and Marketing Teams have been working hard to discover the upcoming flavour trends taking place over the course of the next 3-5 years. This study was conducted for each continent in order to highlight the variety of flavour profiles enjoyed globally. In this article, we will be sharing our findings for the UK and Europe’s top flavour trends, divided […]
