Essential Flavours: Creating Australian made flavours since 1989

Established in 1989, Essential is a flavour house that creates Australian made flavours at its site in Carrum Downs, Melbourne, Victoria. Essential is known and loved by Australian food, beverage and nutraceutical manufacturers for their exceptional customer service and collaborative approach.  Essential has a wide range of liquid and powder flavours that are suitable for a variety of applications from beverages, ice-cream, through to plant proteins and nutritional supplements.

Essential has several thousand flavours in its repertoire including more than 85 ACO and NOP / USDA approved flavours. Essential has a wide range of flavours including fruit, traditional sweet flavours such as chocolate, vanilla, caramel, coffee, decadent dessert style flavours, Asian and Australian native-inspired flavours.

Do you need an ACO certified flavour created specifically for a current project? Essential can help you with more than 260 raw materials that are ACO approved that can be used in the creation of organic flavours to meet your specific requirement.

Are you looking to export your product? Essential can help with creating flavours that meet the expectations and palate of your target market by drawing on decades of flavour creation experience an coupling this with the latest consumer insights and trend information.

We invite you to come and work with the team at Essential – Your Partner in Taste.

Learn more at the Essential Flavours website: essentialflavours.com.au


Essential Flavours are proud sponsors of the Australian Organic Market Report 2021