R&D

R&D: Secure your product development and enhance sensory performance

An unsuitable flavouring can compromise stability, complicate the process and extend your development cycles. We help you select a solution that is compatible, robust and high-performing from the laboratory stage.

YOUR R&D CHALLENGES

INCOMPATIBILITY WITH YOUR DOSAGE FORM OR PROCESS (CARRIER, SOLUBILITY, PROCESSING CONDITIONS)

EMERGENCE OF BITTERNESS, EXCESSIVE ACIDITY OR OFF-NOTES LINKED TO ACTIVE INGREDIENTS

INSTABILITY OVER TIME OR LACK OF REPRODUCIBILITY

INAPPROPRIATE FORMAT SELECTION (LIQUID, POWDER, ENCAPSULATED/MICROENCAPSULATED)

LENGTHY TESTING CYCLES AND COSTLY ITERATIONS

PATIENT ACCEPTABILITY AND ADHERENCE

These challenges are common across R&D teams in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and CMO/CDMO environments…

OUR ROLE: ENSURE THE RELIABILITY OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

For over 50 years, we have supported R&D teams in selecting flavour solutions aligned with their formulation constraints, processing conditions and sensory performance objectives.

Practical support at every stage:

1. FORMAT SELECTION

We define the optimal solution based on your application: liquid flavour, spray-dried powder, granule, or encapsulated/microencapsulated format.

2. SENSORY OPTIMISATION

We work on flavour profile, bitterness masking, off-note control, overall taste balance and long-term sensory consistency. We refine the flavour profile until it meets your objectives and supports improved treatment adherence.

3. VALIDATION TESTING

Organoleptic and physicochemical evaluation, with dosage optimisation based on your data.

4. PREPARATION FOR INDUSTRIAL SCALE-UP

What works at laboratory scale must perform at industrial scale. We assess formulation robustness against process variations (temperature, shear, humidity, mixing time).

5. FLAVOUR MATCHING

If your existing formulation must evolve (regulatory update), be standardised or replaced, we analyse the initial sensory profile and propose a 100% compliant alternative, supported by a comparative technical and sensory report.

KEY TOPICS WE COVER WITH R&D TEAMS

Aligned with formulation and dosage form

Bitterness masking and off-note management

Interactions with APIs and excipients

Assistance during testing and adjustment phases

Adaptation to production constraints

DESCRIBE YOUR R&D PROJECT

Share your formulation, constraints and objectives. We provide a fast, practical and tailored approach.