Cut the Sugar. Keep the Taste: Meet Our Flavor Modulators.

Every beverage team knows the moment. You reduce the sugar, add the electrolytes or add the caffeine, and the drink stops tasting the way it should. It tastes thin, bitter, salty or flat.

Flavor modulators are built for exactly that moment.

What is a flavor modulator?

A flavor modulator, also called a flavor with modifying properties (FMP), is a flavor ingredient that changes how other tastes are perceived. At typical use levels, it adds little or no taste of its own. It can:

• Amplify the tastes you want, like sweetness, salt and body
• Suppress the tastes you don’t, like bitterness, astringency and off-notes
• Reshape timing, including how quickly sweetness arrives and how long it lingers

Put simply, a modulator doesn’t add a flavor. It makes the flavors already in the drink taste better, so you can cut sugar and add functional ingredients without sacrificing taste.

Four common problems, four modulators

That’s the idea behind the new Sovereign Flavors FMP Sample Kit, which puts four modulators in one box:

• Metallic or salty electrolytes? FMP 01, Electrolyte Masker
• Thin when sugar or fat comes out? FMP 02, Mouthfeel Enhancer
• Fruit flavor that falls flat? FMP 03, Juicy Enhancer
• Caffeine bitterness? FMP 04, Bitter Blocker

Start small

Usage rates are typically between 0.05% and 0.20%, and dosage should be optimized for each application. The best way to see the difference is to taste it in your own formula.

Interested in sampling one of our flavor modulators? Contact your Account Executive or submit a flavor request form and note “FMP Kit” in the “flavors to send” box.