For over 5 years, Your Flavourist has supported around ten new clients each year, from short-term projects to regular, long-term collaborations π
With this experience and insight, weβre excited to launch a new page on our website, dedicated to client testimonials from those who kindly agreed to share their feedback on working with us. A huge thank you to them for their trust! π
It’s official: smoke flavourings will soon no longer be authorised in the EU. Here’s an update with Flavour Manager.
Smoke flavourings have been the subject of specific European regulations. Listed since 2013 in EU regulation 1321/2013, there are 10 of them, numbered SF-001 to SF-010. At the time, the EU provided for a 10-year authorisation, renewable on request, with restrictions on use by type of foodstuff that have not changed since.
At the beginning of 2024, at the end of the initial 10-year period, 8 of the 10 smoke flavourings listed had been the subject of renewal applications from their producers. The remaining two (SF-007 and SF-010) are therefore no longer authorised.
An EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) assessment of the 8 concluded that there was a risk of genotoxicity. On the basis of this assessment, the EU has decided to gradually ban all smoke flavourings authorised to date. The timescales for the ban take account of the diversity of uses of smoke flavourings, to allow enough time for users of these flavourings to change their manufacturing processes.
As a result, finished products containing smoke flavourings may be placed on the market until 1 July 2026. This date is extended to 1 July 2029 for products in food categories 1.7 (Cheese and cheese products), 8 (Meat), 9.2 (Processed fish and fish products, including molluscs and crustaceans) and 9.3 (Fish roe). The limit values for these flavourings in finished products, by food category, continue to apply.
In Flavour Manager, smoke flavourings SF-007 and SF-010 are already listed as prohibited. The bans by type of food will come into force in the database on the dates stipulated in the regulations (2026 and 2029). Finally, we will be contacting our users individually with a list of their flavourings containing smoke flavourings, to help them identify the changes they need to implement.
Back from a week of training given by Quentin in Bangkok, with ISIPCA and Foodinnopolis, for the participants of the Flavour Academy.
It was a very rewarding week, focusing on flavour formulation and learning about a wide range of aromatic raw materials.
It was also quite a culinary and olfactory journey, discovering new flavours. Thai gastronomy is undeniably rich and diverse! From the myrcenic notes of the unripe green mango to the aldehydic notes of coriander root, not forgetting the famous sulphur notes of durian, the senses are relentlessly stimulated through the day… and overnight!
Thank you to all the participants for their interest, curiosity and motivation.
And thanks to the organisers, who made this Thai experience unforgettable!
Creating a flavoured tea-hibiscus infusion for the production of a micro-series, as part of a beverage development project.
We develop your beverage recipes!
This is now a major part of our business. From our lab in Paris, which is fully equipped for flavour development as well as f&b product development, we offer services in beverage recipe formulation.
In our approach, the development of a beverage requires several iterations between our client and our taste expert. These iterations form the basis of a collaborative approach, involving the client in the important choices, while benefiting from the advanced expertise of a flavourist and taste expert.
Often in the course of development, we offer to produce a micro-series of a few litres (in production in this video!), packaged in standard or client bottles, allowing the client to try out the prototype with his or her prospects and advisers, and thus gather valuable external feedback before finalising the beverage.
π§ Product developments (many drinks, but not only!) to express our creativity
π¨βπ« Several tailor-made training courses given to flavour houses and F&B manufacturers to share knowledge and develop skills
π¨βπ Numerous hours of teaching to pass on our passion for flavours to students at three leading universities
β Loyal clients who have placed their trust in us and whom we have been working with continuously since the start of the adventure
π€ Partnerships with a wide range of partners to strengthen our service offering
π» Individualised monitoring of our Flavour Manager customers to ensure regulatory compliance of flavourings used in finished products
π§ͺ Work on and acquisition of ever more specialised equipment to improve our flavour and food product development lab in the heart of Paris
At Your Flavourist, we don’t have cold feet when it comes to serving our customers, and we wanted to make that clear at the start of the year πββοΈ
Guinness, Jack Daniel’s, Tortuga, Wicked Jack’s, Pallini, SchlΓΌnder, Sweet and Simply, Up Spirits… The list goes on and on, and it provides us with a great workout for the festive season π€€
Between us, there’s good and not so good among all these products… π€«
What about you, do you enjoy and eat soaked cakes?
More and more of you are asking us to develop irresistible drinks for you πΈπΉπ₯€π§π§
And so much the better – we love these assignments at Your Flavourist π
In fact, we’ve just published a dedicated page on our website to convince you that working with a consultant flavourist and taste expert is your best option πͺ
And why not, 4 stars for 4 achievements we are particularly proud of!!!
β Our fully equipped and operational laboratory, in the heart of Paris, which allows us a great diversity of assignments for our F&B and flavour house clients.
β Our baby Flavour Manager, a web-based solution for complete operational and regulatory management of flavours.
β The numerous product development projects we have been entrusted with by young food startups, and the ultra positive feedback we regularly receive.
β Our new “Your Flavourist” graphic identity and our new website which is beating traffic records.
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