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Northern NSW rainforest understorey at dawn, the kind of country VKA Australia draws on for native-botanical flavour work from the Southport bench

Reading · From the Southport bench

Reading from the Australian bench.

Working notes on the craft of flavour for Australia and New Zealand. What we are learning at the bench, what we are seeing in the food and drink our customers ship, and the science behind it. Written for buyers, formulators and developers who care about how a flavour gets made.

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We read every brief inside one Australian business day. No contract to start.

A cross-section of finger lime showing its caviar-like vesicles, an Australian native source for natural flavour development at the VKA Australia bench
Education

What Are Natural Flavours? A Guide Under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

Most online guides to natural flavours are written for the US FDA or the European Union and miss what actually applies in Australia and New Zealand. A factual guide for product developers, NPD managers and food technologists under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

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Reading is a starting point. The work starts with your brief.

If something in here matches what you are working on, send us the brief. A flavourist at the Southport bench reads every brief inside one Australian business day.

No contract to start.