Kalsec’s sizzlin’ stir-fry flavor combined pungency extracts with a steak flavor. Durabrite annatto extract provided a yellow, orange appearance. Carrot cake-flavored popcorn contained cinnamon extract and other natural flavors that led to a sweet-cooked vegetable and cream cheese note. Combining a light-colored caramel coating and Durabrite oleoresin carrot produced a golden yellow hue with brown undertones.
Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings, Omaha, offered cotton candy seasoned popcorn. It featured a cotton candy seasoning blend and cotton candy flavor.
ICL Performance Products, St. Louis, used popcorn to demonstrate two of its ingredients. One popcorn prototype featured Licresse, a licorice extract with antioxidants that is designed to break the chain of oxidation. Another prototype featured Salona, a sea salt ingredient that has been shown to reduce sodium chloride use by 25% to 50%.
