Building taste: Block-by-block
Building flavor takes time. First you create the right savory base. Next you add a specific taste direction. Then you add the top notes – some herbs perhaps, or spices. Finally, you enhance the taste to suit your preference. We have the ingredients to you help you with steps one, two and four…
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Step 1: Building the base
Whatever you build, it needs a solid foundation.
At this stage of our flavor pyramid it’s all about creating the basic savory taste of vegetables and meat, which then allows you build more complex flavors in the next stages.
We provide a range of 100%-natural basic yeast extracts that provide an authentic savory taste and umami thanks to their rich mix of amino acids, peptides and nucleotides.
For years our range of Gistex® yeast extracts has been a trusted savory base thanks to its meaty, sulphur-like components.
Our latest innovation Multirome™ is also 100% natural and made from primary grown bakers yeast. It’s the savory cornerstone of the future that strengthens any recipe with its rich indulgent savory taste, good umami, lingering flavor, and lack of yeasty odor. It’s often used in chips, bouillons, dressings, seasonings and soups.
And if you need to highlight a savory, cheesy taste at low sodium levels…try our Expresa® brewers yeast extract.
Links & Downloads
- Multirome™ brochure (PDF, 429.00KB)
- US version Multirome™ brochure (PDF, 339.41KB)
- Multirome™ product information
Step 2: Get the exact savory taste you want
This is where you can start to get creative and give your food the specific taste direction you want – from beef and chicken to vegetables.
We offer solutions for different taste directions, cooking styles, and to solve your labeling issues.
Maxavor® YE
Our Maxavor® YE range includes natural flavor ingredients in chicken and beef, with roasted or boiled varieties as well as a white meat and dark roast. Add these to your flavor creations for an endless variety of tastes at your fingertips that still qualify as ‘all-natural’ and allergen-free.
The Maxavor® YE range is produced without reducing sugars or amino acids like L-Cysteine. This means they are considered natural around the world, simply declared as ‘yeast extract’.
Maxagusto™
Maxagusto™ is a range of cooked vegetables based on real foodstuffs. We cook kitchen cupboard ingredients under mild conditions, connecting your senses to the chef’s kitchen. Maxagusto™ is authentic and intense in flavor with captured volatiles. Even at low dosage levels, it has a significant impact on taste and smell. Our Maxagusto™ range is safe and easy to use; low in plate count, it comes in a dry powder and has a stable shelf life.
Links & Downloads
- Maxavor® YE All Natural Flavors brochure (PDF, 1.55MB)
- US version Maxavor® YE All Natural Flavors brochure (PDF, 1.43MB)
- Maxavor® YE All Natural Flavors product information
- Maxagusto™ brochure (PDF, 494.97KB)
- Maxagusto™ product information
- Gistex® HUM LS brochure (PDF, 446.36KB)
Step 3: Spices, herbs and specific top notes
Here you can create your own specific signature by selecting spices, herbs, top notes and other ingredients to build on the taste triangle foundation.
Step 4: The finishing touches
At this final stage, you’re rounding off your flavor, giving it fullness, mouthfeel, balance and impact with our 100% natural taste enhancers. It’s down to the finishing touches…
Traditionally, amino acid and peptide complexes have provided a meaty bouillon flavor in taste enhancers. Not any more.
We’ve developed specialty yeast extracts for our Maxarome® ranges that are rich in natural glutamate and nucleotides - and work with the traditional ingredients to produce an even greater taste sensation.
Maxarome®Pure is our cleanest taste enhancer and has the highest level of nucleotides available on the market today. This means you produce faster, stronger and longer-lasting tastes and need less expensive ingredients such as beef, cheese, chicken or tomato powder, allowing you to cut cost and increase profits. Because both our Maxarome® Select and Pure ranges have a neutral taste of their own, they are ideal for milder flavor products.
We can also help you tease out a range of flavors, from sweet, peppery and salty notes to meaty succulence and juiciness – using our Gistex® HUM LS. You can use it to add a complex taste and creaminess to all sorts of savory foods. Because it ‘fools’ our bodies into tasting more salt, it’s also a great way of reducing sodium content – and you’ll need up to ten times less MSG. It’s particularly effective in combination with our Maxarome® taste enhancers.
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