Culinary Innovations

Designer Blocks
Designer Blocks are a discrete number of flavor blocks which, can be mixed and matched. They provide creative flexibility and delivers a diverse range of savory profiles. These profiles include many flavor attributes in the following categories: poultry (ex. dark, roast, grilled, etc.), meat, cheese/dairy and vegetable. This unique system allows rapid development of customized flavors and, sample delivery typically within 24 hours. This system is cost-efficient and effectively delivers authentic flavors.

Culinary Advantage
Gentle drum dried fruit and vegetable products formulated and processed to deliver a "chef-prepared culinary experience". These products perform well in both wet and dry applications including retorted products. Culinary Advantage contributes high flavor, bright color and meets market demand for flavorful products and kitchen flavor profiles.

Replacement Systems
Flavor systems designed to reduce cost or improve label "friendliness" in finished products.

Tom-Ex
A tomato extender for use wherever tomato paste is used. Applications include pizza and pasta sauces, meals and side dishes, salad dressings, chilies and soups. Tomex saves money, provides consistent quality and improved handling. Benefits of Tomex include ease of handling, consistent product quality and avoidance of market fluctuations.

Cheez-Ex
A cheese flavoring system that mimics cheese and cheese powder in flavor delivery, taste and functionality. With this product, Quest utilizes flavor precursors to control release combined with topnote technology.

Masking Systems
Quest has significant expertise in masking a variety of flavors in processed meats and sauce applications. These systems are customized to individual applications. Specific applications include soy masking, preservative masking and starch masking.