Making Natural Work at Scale: Brand-Side Innovation Realities

23 Sept 2026
The Flavour and Colour Lab
23rd September Session 1: Clean Label, Bold Taste: Natural Flavour and Colour Innovation

Explore how clean-label expectations are reshaping flavour and colour design, turning reformulation into a commercial opportunity rather than a constraint. It focuses on the realities of making natural flavour and colour work at scale — balancing taste, performance, cost, shelf life, sustainability and regulatory demands in brand-led NPD.

  • Why reformulation creates opportunity as clean-label consumer expectations push brands to rethink flavour and colour design
  • Designing for natural from the start by building taste, colour performance and ingredient perception together in NPD
  • Making naturals work harder through improved flavour systems, processing techniques and colour technologies
  • Balancing natural flavour and colour with cost, shelf-life, sustainability and regulatory compliance
Speakers
Sarah Munday
Sarah Munday, Head of Research & Development - Innocent Drinks
Tijn Baart
Tijn Baart, Co-Founder - Goodoo Icream