“Big brands like Coke and Pepsi usually have their own in-house food scientists. But basically everyone else outsources the work of designing a drink to companies like Flavor Man.”

Planet Money · Where all those weird new drinks are coming from

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offers outsourced flavor-development services to beverage brands that don’t have in-house food scientists

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