Natural and Organic flavour suppliers
to the UK food and beverages industry
Our flavours portfolio incorporates over 15,000 flavours for sweet and savoury applications.
Our flavour portfolio
Explore our flavours
Our natural flavours are extracted or fermented from fruits, herbs and spices, or crafted by combining flavour compounds. Carefully designed to excite the senses and deliver the flavours we know and love.
- Organic, Kosher & Halal flavours available
- Flexible pack sizes, from 25kg to 1,000kg
- Exclusive UK & Ireland distributor for Aromatech
We specialise in natural flavours, in sweet and savoury food & beverage applications.
We are the exclusive UK & Ireland distributor for Aromatech, flavour experts based in the Grasse region of France, the renowned Aroma Capital of the world. Their global business units give us access to flavour trends from across the globe.
Explore our flavour library, with a vast array of irresistible sweet and savoury flavours spanning all food & beverage sectors. Find inspiration by flavour type, product application or our trends inspiration.
We can create bespoke flavours, match existing flavours, or consider your finished product and where flavours might enhance taste, reduce calories or recipe costs. We would love to discuss, get in touch.
Flavours by application (13)
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Alcoholic Drinks
Gin, RTD cocktails, liqueurs, ciders and flavoured beer.
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Beverages
Water-soluble flavours for still, carbonated, juice drinks and mixers.
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Chocolate
Oil-based flavours. Inclusions, fillings, ganache, couverture.
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Meats
Seasonings, marinades and process flavours for meat, poultry and analogue systems.
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Nutritionals
Protein RTDs, powders, gels, bars and electrolyte drinks.
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Plant-Based
Dairy alternatives, plant-milks, vegan analogues and cultured plant.
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Ready Meals & Sauces
Seasonings, marinades, rubs and sauces for chilled & frozen.
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Teas, Coffee & Hot Chocolates
Granules range. Teas, flavoured coffees, hot chocolates and latte mixes.
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Flavours by category
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CategorySweet Brown Flavours
Roasted, dark, comforting. The base of most indulgent SKUs.
- Coffee
- Caramel
- Chocolate
- Toffee
- Vanilla
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CategoryGarden Fruits
Orchard and bush fruit, pome and stone. The largest single category in the book.
- Apple
- Cherry
- Peach
- Plum
- Raspberry
- Strawberry
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CategoryTropical Fruits
Equatorial and sub-tropical. Bright, often perfumed, strong cross-over into beverage.
- Mango
- Passionfruit
- Pineapple
- Guava
- Lychee
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CategoryCitrus Fruits
Bright, peel-led, acidic. Six-month shelf life in cold store. Twelve months for the rest of the portfolio.
- Lemon
- Lime
- Orange
- Yuzu
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
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CategorySpicy
Warming, hot, aromatic. Capsicum, root and seed-driven. Workhorses of curry, RTD and snack.
- Cardamom
- Chilli
- Cinnamon
- Clove
- Cumin
- Ginger
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CategoryHerbs / Aromatics
Green-edged leaf and stem. Lead in savoury, cross into beverage and dessert without skipping a beat.
- Basil
- Mint
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Thyme
- Tarragon
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CategorySavoury
Umami carriers, char and ferment. The backbone of ready meals, sauces and snack seasoning.
- Miso
- Umami
- Roast meat
- Smoked
- Seafood
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CategoryFloral / Botanicals
Perfumed and herbal. The gin, soft-drink and confectionery cross-over zone.
- Hibiscus
- Elderflower
- Juniper
- Rose
- Lavender
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CategoryAlcoholic Drinks
Gin to liqueur, cider to RTD. Botanical-led, formulated to hold across ABV ranges and stay label-clean.
- Gin botanicals
- RTD cocktails
- Liqueurs
- Cider
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CategoryDesserts
Tiramisu, sticky toffee, cheesecake, crème brûlée. Composed desserts, broken down into the flavours that build them.
- Tiramisu
- Cheesecake
- Sticky toffee
- Crème brûlée
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CategoryDairy / Plant-Based
Buttery, creamy, lactone-led. Built to put dairy character back into plant-protein products.
- Butter
- Cream
- Cheese
- Yoghurt
- Plant analogues
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CategoryFunction
Not a taste but a job. Carriers, modifiers and the Sensalt / Sensugar systems.
- Colours
- Clouding
- Mouthfeel
- Masking
- Sensalt
- Sensugar
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CategoryNuts
Roasted nut and praline. Pairs with brown notes, dairy and bakery without overpowering.
- Hazelnut praline
- Almond
- Pistachio
- Peanut
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BespokeBespoke Flavours
We are able to create bespoke flavours to suit your needs. Get in touch to discuss.
Brief a bespoke flavour →
Flavours by inspiration (10)
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SeasonalSpring
Light, floral, green-edged profiles for Easter and Mother's Day windows.
- Elderflower
- Rhubarb
- Lemon curd
- Hot cross
- Wild garlic
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SeasonalSummer
Cooling, fruit-forward, hydration-coded for Q2-Q3 launch windows.
- Stone fruit
- Melon
- Coconut
- Watermelon
- Hibiscus
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FestiveFestive
Spiced, warming, celebratory profiles for Christmas, Eid, Diwali, Lunar New Year and Easter.
- Mulled berry
- Spiced clove
- Mince pie
- Brown butter
- Cardamom rose
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SeasonalAutumn & Winter
Spiced apple, toffee, pumpkin, mulled wine. The autumn and winter flavours UK manufacturers brief us for most. Ask us for the autumn deck.
- Spiced apple
- Toffee
- Pumpkin
- Bonfire
- Mulled wine
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GlobalTaste of Asia
The single most-briefed global angle of 2025. Pan-Asian, ingredient-led, savoury and sweet.
- Yuzu
- Matcha
- Lychee
- Miso
- Sesame
- Gochujang
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GlobalGlobal, Sweet
Dessert grammar from cuisines outside the UK and Western Europe.
- Pastel de nata
- Mochi
- Pavlova
- French patisserie
- Halva
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Global
Global, Savoury
Spice systems and umami carriers, briefed for sauces, snacks, ready meals.
- Tajín
- Dukkah
- Harissa
- Sambal
- Ras-el-hanout
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GenerationalGen Z
The flavours TikTok turned into shelf demand. Bright, fast-moving and built for social-first packaging.
- Bubble tea
- Hyper-mango
- Sour cherry
- Energy floral
- Birthday cake
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GenerationalNostalgia
Tuck-shop, 70s to 90s pantry, lunchbox cues. For millennial and Gen X reformulations.
- Sherbet lemon
- Pear drops
- Cola
- Banoffee
- Black forest
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Health-ledHealth & Value
HFSS-friendly, functional and gut-health profiles. Masking, low-sugar, plant-forward.
- Adaptogen
- Low-sugar
- Probiotic-stable
- Plant protein masking
- Gut-health botanicals
Functional flavours
Salt & sugar reduction
Cut sodium and sugar with Sensalt and Sensugar
HFSS legislation, the soft-drinks levy and category-wide reformulation pressure are pulling sodium and sugar targets down faster than commodity ingredients can follow. Sensalt and Sensugar are Uren's branded answer: formulated in-house, label-friendly, and pilot-validated in real recipes including a beef lasagne base at our Neston Innovation Kitchen.
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Sodium reductionSensalt
−25% sodium
No KCl, no metallic notes, no clean-label trade-offs. Pilot-validated in a beef lasagne base: 820 mg → 615 mg sodium per 100g.
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Sugar reduction
Sensugar
−25% sugar
No Stevia aftertaste, full mouthfeel. Beverage and bakery validated, soft-drinks levy aligned, label-friendly.
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Natural butter flavours
Big butter taste. Less butter. Smarter formulations
Volatile dairy pricing and reformulation pressure are pushing manufacturers to do more with less. Uren's natural butter flavours protect the indulgent buttery character consumers expect, while cutting fat, butter inclusion and recipe cost across bakery, spreads, sauces and savoury systems.
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Sweet butter
Creamy, lightly sweet, clean rounded dairy note. Lifts cakes, muffins and sweet bakery.
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Rich butter
Deeper, more indulgent, enhanced richness. For luxurious butter impact where depth really matters.
- Bakery mixes
- Spreads & butter alternatives
- Sauces & culinary systems
- Dressings & emulsions
- Sweet & savoury formulations
Trends & insights
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Trend-ledTrending now
Six flavours that landed on the bench this fortnight, pulled from live buyer briefs and the menus that just launched.
- Dubai chocolate
- Miso caramel
- Ube
- Calamansi
- Pistachio cream
- Tahini swirl
Flavour trend · Ube
Ube put a purple latte on every viral feed last year. The work now is keeping that vanilla-coconut-pistachio note authentic in dairy, without losing the colour through pasteurisation.
Latest from the lab
News, trends and insights
Stay ahead of the trends with Uren.
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Iced Chocolate Is the Premium Cold Beverage Story for 2026
Why operators are putting iced chocolate on premium menus this year, and what the briefs are asking for.
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Big Butter Taste, Less Butter
Cupcake trials show a 30% butter reduction with 1% butter flavour. How natural butter flavours hold the indulgent profile while cutting dairy cost.
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Matcha Flavour Pairings: The Next Twist
Matcha's no longer just a drink. The pairings our flavourists are working into bakery, dessert and confectionery briefs right now.
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Work with us
Working with our Flavours Team
From a first sample to a launched SKU, Uren is a complete flavours supplier: applications guidance, formulation, regulatory and Halal/Kosher cover, pilot batches and full-scale supply, all from one accredited Wirral site.
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01 / Develop
New Product Development
From the brief in your inbox to the SKU on shelf. Formulation, pilot batches, scale-up, all from one Wirral site.
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02 / Specify
Technical Support
Specs, allergens, declarations, traceability. In the format your QA file needs them.
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03 / Inspire
Foodservice
Tasting-led menu support for chef teams, caterers and operators.
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04 / Validate
Supply Chain
Procurement-grade reliability. MOQ flexibility, BRCGS AA cold stores, lead times we hold to.
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Why Uren
130 years, family-led, UK ingredients supplier
Six reasons UK NPD, technical and supply teams choose Uren.
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UK formulation depth
Our Innovation Kitchen and Beverage & Liquid Products laboratory prototype against your matrix, not a generic carrier.
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Sample-to-launch speed
Standard portfolio samples in 2 to 3 working days. Bespoke samples in 5 to 10. Most bespoke briefs reach pilot stage in 4 to 6 weeks; pilot batch runs from there typically inside a fortnight.
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MOQ flexibility
25 kg, 100 kg and 1,000 kg minimum order tiers. Bench, pilot and production run by the same team.
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Accredited & certified
Soil Association, FLO Fair Trade, Halal and Kosher certifications on file. Reformulation and HFSS support included.
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BRCGS AA accreditation
All Uren factories certified to GFSI-benchmarked standards, with full traceability across the supply chain.
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130 years in business
Supplying UK food & drink since 1895. Today our ingredients reach the major UK retailers via the manufacturers who buy from us. Tesco and Sainsbury's included.
Worked examples
Case studies
Real outcomes from buyers, NPD and technical teams across UK food and beverage. Names redacted where NDAs apply.
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11 wksbrief to dossier
Alcoholic drinksFive-SKU gin liqueur range, one base spirit
Brief: a five-SKU botanical range from a single base. Delivered: five botanical flavour systems, regulatory dossiers and full stability data, signed off in 11 weeks.
- Gin botanicals
- 5 SKUs
- Regulatory
- Stability
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220°Cblast bake stable
Bakery fillingCherry pastel de nata, summer LTO for a craft bakery
Brief: a Lisbon-style nata with a UK-summer twist. Delivered: a heat-stable cherry paste that survives 220°C blast bake without flavour drift, in two iterations.
- Cherry
- Heat-stable
- LTO
- 2 iterations
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4.7/5sensory panel score
Beverages
Ube and matcha latte concepts for a premium coffee chain
Brief: a colour-led iced-latte sub-line for Q3 launch. Delivered: three flavour systems (ube, matcha, hibiscus) engineered for cold-extraction milk stability, signed off in eight weeks with no clean-label trade-offs.
- Ube
- Matcha
- Hibiscus
- Cold-stable
- 3 SKUs
Get started
Get in touch
- Phone +44 (0)151 353 0330
- Sales sales@uren.com
- Flavours Georgie.English@uren.com
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Head office
Wood Park, Chester High Road,
Neston, Wirral, CH64 7TB
FAQ
Flavour FAQs
Ten questions UK NPD, technical and supply teams ask before sending the first brief.
What's the difference between natural and nature-identical flavours?
Natural flavours are derived directly from plant or animal sources using physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes. Nature-identical flavours are chemically the same molecule, produced synthetically. For UK labelling, "natural flavouring" requires at least 95% of the flavouring component to come from the named source. Uren supplies both. We default to natural where the label claim, cost-in-use and sensory profile support it, and recommend nature-identical when one of those three constraints needs to give.
What flavour formats does Uren supply?
Three primary formats: liquid (water- and oil-soluble), powder (spray-dried and plated) and granules. Paste, emulsion and full flavour systems are available within specific applications. We match the format to your process (HTST, retort, blast bake, cold-fill) rather than the other way around.
What's the minimum order quantity?
Samples ship from 250g and pilot batches from 1 kg. Production MOQs vary by category: most liquids and pastes start at 25 kg, powders from 100 kg, full flavour systems from 250 kg. We'll confirm at sample stage so there are no surprises at scale-up.
How quickly can Uren turn around a flavour sample?
Standard portfolio samples (anything from our 100+ named Uren house flavours) normally ship the next working day. Aromatech-sourced samples from the wider 15,000+ pool typically follow within 2 to 3 working days from brief approval. Bespoke samples take 5 to 10 working days for a first shot, with one or two iterations included before pilot.
What regulatory and labelling support do you provide?
Full specifications, allergen declarations, organic and Halal/Kosher status on file. Our technical team supports HFSS reformulation submissions, naturalness claims, country-of-origin questions and label-side reviews. We don't bill for the first round of regulatory support; it's part of how we work.
Can Uren develop a bespoke flavour to a brief?
Yes. Bespoke development is a third of our flavour book. Brief us with the matrix (pH, brix, fat, process), the target sensory profile and any label or cost-in-use constraints. We'll bench a first shot, run a small sensory panel internally, and ship samples for your team. Most bespoke briefs reach pilot in 4 to 6 weeks.
What's Uren's approach to salt and sugar reduction?
Branded as Sensalt (−25% sodium) and Sensugar (−25% sugar), both developed in-house, formulated without KCl, Stevia or metallic off-notes. Pilot-validated in dairy, bakery, ready meals and beverages. We share full reformulation panels under NDA. See the Sensalt & Sensugar page for the technical detail.
How does Uren handle sourcing and sustainability?
We dual-source the high-risk botanical inputs (citrus oils, vanilla, cocoa, coffee), publish annual carbon disclosures and run a Sedex and Ecovadis programme across the supplier base. Where origin matters to the brand story, we offer single-estate sourcing for an agreed list of flavours.
What's the UK supply lead time?
Standard portfolio items ship from UK stock within 5 to 7 working days. Made-to-order liquids and pastes typically run 2 to 3 weeks from PO; powders 3 to 4 weeks. We hold buffer stock on the 30 highest-volume SKUs and offer call-off arrangements for repeat business.
How do I get started with Uren?
Send a brief through the form at the bottom of this page or email Georgie.English@uren.com. Tell us the application, target sensory profile, format if you know it, and any regulatory or label constraints. A flavourist replies within one working day to confirm next steps and ship the first sample.
