Innovation
At Essential Cuisine, innovation starts with understanding. Every new product we create is grounded in research, guided by data, and inspired by the latest culinary trends from across the globe.
Our dedicated Insights Team ensures every New Product Development (NPD) project is backed by in-depth industry knowledge. We invest in culinary discovery trips to explore emerging cuisines, uncover trending flavours, and experience innovative dishes first-hand. These journeys not only fuel our creativity but also allow us to bring the world’s most exciting food ideas directly into our development kitchens.
To ensure our innovation remains chef-led, we rely on conversations with our customers across multiple different sectors to understand the real challenges faced in working kitchens which helps us to shape our product development. Their skill, passion, and perspective play a vital role in shaping our product concepts and expanding our professional network throughout the culinary industry.
We also leverage the Solina Chef’s Table – a unique global forum that brings together chefs from every corner of the world. This collaborative space allows us to share knowledge, exchange expertise, and support each other in product development, recipe ideation, and concept generation.
By combining trend analysis, global culinary exploration, and direct collaboration with some of the industry’s most talented chefs, we create products that are not only relevant but truly forward-thinking. Every insight we gather becomes a building block in our NPD process – ensuring that every addition to our range delivers on flavour, quality, and innovation.
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Global Flavour Trends
CURRY ONION SAUCE
Made with naturally sweet, Spanish onions and the perfect blend of spices.
INDIAN INSPIRED SEASONINGS
Immerse yourself in global culture and cuisine with our Indian Inspired Seasonings.
STREET FOOD CHEF SAUCES
Delivering bold flavours in seconds, allowing you to create globally influenced street food with ease.
STREET FOOD SEASONINGS
Vegan street food inspired seasoning mixes from all 4 corners of the globe.
ASIAN BASES
This exciting range captures the essence of Asian cuisine in a simple, easy-to-use format.
Latest Innovation News...
No1 Savoury Gravy is our go to product when it comes to sauces, it has great flavour and colour and finishes our sauces off perfectly. It’s also suitable for vegans and is completely gluten free which really helps when writing recipes for the pubs.
Andrew Scott, Head Of Food at Wadworths
We use the Vegan stock range in most of our stocks and sauces in our Halal and non-Halal kitchens. For our Halal customer’s the range adds deep authentic meat flavours to their dishes without meat based products being used. We use the range in the traditional way, but we also use it in marination’s and rubs for different meat dishes. Using it on daily basis you would find it hard to distinguish the vegan range from the regular Stock mix range.
Jim Chatwin UK Executive Chef at Newrest
