CARBONATED SOFT DRINK CONCEPTS

Our beverage applications team can craft a slew of flavor choices for carbonated soft drinks. From fruit, spice, floral, herbal, tropical, sweet, or confectionery flavors, we understand the market.

CARBONATED SOFT DRINK CONCEPTS

Our beverage applications team can craft a slew of flavor choices for carbonated soft drinks. From fruit, spice, floral, herbal, tropical, sweet, or confectionery flavors, we understand the market.

Carbonated Soft Drinks

T. Hasegawa can help bring captivating flavor combinations to your soft drinks.

Carbonated soft drinks, also referred to as CSDs, are a favorite in the non-alcoholic space. With the carbonated beverage industry constantly evolving, so is our R&D within our team. Whether it’s coming up with new flavors or modulators, T. Hasegawa collaborates with customers to create innovative and unique beverage formulations.

T. Hasegawa stays up to date with the latest trends and flavor forecasts. We provide insight to our partners for their solutions. Our beverage applications team can craft a slew of flavor choices for carbonated soft drinks. From fruit, spice, floral, herbal, tropical, sweet, or confectionary flavors, we understand the market.

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Popular Flavor Profiles

SWEET

Cola

Ginger Ale

Punch

Lemonade

Root Beer

FRUIT

Cherry

Apricot

Melon

Grape

Pomegranate

FLORAL

Rose

Elderflower

Hibiscus

Lavender

SPICE

Vanilla

Tamarind

Chai

Turmeric

Ginger

Consumer Fact

7 in 10

consumers drink CSDs as a treat, denoting taste, flavor and enjoyment as hallmarks of the category.

Popular Flavor Profiles

Retort · Hot-Fill · Low-Acid · High-Acid · Cold-Fill/Cold Fill Preserved · Carbonated

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0%
of US consumers choose flavor as a top factor when purchasing carbonated soft drinks.
0%
indicate new flavors prompt for increased CSD consumption.

Source: Kantar Profiles/Mintel, January 2022

A breakthrough in carbonation

A combination of carbon dioxide, water, sugar and flavoring, carbonated drinks have been around since the 1700s. Created by a doctor from combining water and carbon dioxide, the soda industry began. By the 1800s, experimenting with flavored syrups was accomplished. Starting off with fruits such as lemon, cherry, orange, strawberry, and other berry medleys. Though, the most significant flavoring idea came about in 1886 with the kola nut. Since then, the carbonated beverage industry has expanded with brands inventing their own unique drinks and flavors.

Consumer demand for CSDs has historically been influenced by flavor innovation. The most popular group influenced by new developments are younger audiences. As with new flavors, consumers also are interested in multi-sensory experiences in their CSDs. 28% of younger millennials and Gen Z in the US are interested in carbonated soft drink innovations with a creamy/velvety foam*. Experimenting with the mouthfeel, carbonation, and fermentation of CSDs will play a pivotal role in the formulation process.

Focusing on the modern digital era, trends are often emerging from social media. While businesses pay attention to what is being shown online, a focus on novel flavors, fresh carbonation, and seasonal offerings should be considered to stay on trend.

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Flavor Pairings

Our CSD flavors are available in a wide range of options including Natural, Organic, WONF, TYPE, N&A and more.

Whether you are looking for herbal, fruity, spicy or another flavor profile we can deliver spray-dried powders, vacuum-dried powders, powder blends (plated and dried), emulsions, reaction, and water soluble blends.

  • Apricot

  • Beer

  • Blackberry Blueberry

  • Blood Orange

  • Cake/ Pie/ Tart

  • Calamansi

  • Chai

  • Cherry

  • Chicory

  • Chili/ Chili Pepper

  • Citrus Fruit

  • Coffee

  • Cranberry

  • Cucumber

  • Dandelion

  • Elderberry

  • Flower

  • Gingerbread

  • Ginseng

  • Grapefruit

  • Guava

  • Hibiscus

  • Kiwi

  • Lavender

  • Lemon

  • Limeade

  • Liquorice/Licorice

  • Lychee/Litchi

  • Malt/Malted Mango

  • Melon

  • Mint

  • Mojito

  • Orange

  • Passionfruit

  • Peach

  • Pina Colada

  • Pineapple

  • Pomegranate

  • Prickly Pear

  • Pumpkin/Squash

  • Rose

  • Rosemary

  • Sangria

  • Satsuma/Citrus

  • Spice/Spicy

  • Strawberry

  • Tamarind

  • Tangy

  • Tropical

  • Vanilla

  • Watermelon

  • Winter

  • Spice

  • Yuzu

Apricot

Beer

Blackberry Blueberry

Blood Orange

Cake/ Pie/ Tart

Calamansi

Chai

Cherry

Chicory

Chili/ Chili Pepper

Citrus Fruit

Coffee

Cranberry

Cucumber

Dandelion

Elderberry

Flower

Gingerbread

Ginseng

Grapefruit

Guava

Hibiscus

Kiwi

Lavender

Lemon

Limeade

Liquorice/ Licorice

Lychee/Litchi

Malt/Malted Mango

Melon

Mint

Mojito

Orange

Passionfruit

Peach

Pina Colada

Pineapple

Pomegranate

Prickly Pear

Pumpkin/Squash

Ramune

Rose

Rosemary

Sangria

Satsuma/Citrus

Spice/Spicy

Strawberry

Tamarind

Tangy

Tropical

Vanilla

Watermelon

Winter

Spice

Yuzu

Want to Learn More?

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