Improving flavor enhancement in Chewing gum and candies

Flavor Enhancement - The Problem Solved
Chewing gum and candies ordinarily will retain flavor for less than five minutes. LycoRed has launched a new line of flavor enhancement ingredients that retain longer lasting flavor in chewing gum and chewy candies. LycoRed’s innovative slow release ingredients help candy manufacturers meet the number one challenge- how to retain longer lasting gum flavor, both sweet and sour. These ground-breaking flavor enhancement technologies that stretch flavor release over a longer time period, add value and improve marketability of gums and candies in a competitive marketplace.

Challenges of Prolonging Flavor Enhancement
Flavor enhancement presents a unique set of challenges. LycoRed meets these challenges by:

• Formulating a longer lasting flavor that provides the desired sweet flavor enhancement .
• Formulating a longer lasting flavort that provides the desired sour flavor enhancement.
• Providing a natural stable colors

LycoRed can provide a wide range of Flavor Retention concepts to meet the needs of your target market. These include…

Sweet flavors
AsparCote^® 25 / SR (aspartame)
SucraCote^® 25/ SR (sucralose)
AcesuCote^® 25/SR (acesulfam K)

Sour flavors
CapsuDar^® Malic 50/SR (malic acid)

Natural Color Solutions
In addition to addressing the candy industry’s demand for longer flavor enhancement , LycoRed has taken up the cause of candy manufacturers who want a consumer-friendly label. Customers want products that not only look good, but that are good for them as well. Natural colors have a definite appeal to the health-conscious consumer, nothing artificial or synthetic only the way nature intended it.
LycoRed offers a line of natural chewing gum colorants in varying shades of yellow, orange and red.

Lyc-O-Lutein^® 2% SG (Yellow shades from lutein)
Lyc-O-Beta^® 2% SG (Orange shades from beta carotene)
Tomat-O-Red^® 2% SG (Red shades from lycopene)

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