Elevate your no-alcohol drinks, with premium botanicals

Kerry, the Taste & Nutrition company has released its Botanicals Collection Zero. This extensive range of high-quality, authentic botanical extracts contains 0% ethanol and is designed specifically for the low- and no-alcohol beverage markets.

The portfolio currently includes 15 standard products and 35 additional products. The range includes amongst others, juniper, rosebud, elderflower, cocoa, turmeric and cinnamon. Investigations are ongoing to add more exciting tastes producers and consumers will love.

With Botanicals Collection Zero, beverage producers can now create sophisticated low-alcohol spirits and no-alcohol options with the taste of gin, rum, cocoa, ginger, while still meeting emerging clean-label and quality requirements. The result is a premium drinking experience for those seeking to moderate their alcohol consumption.

The growing global trend to moderate and control alcohol intake looks set to continue for the foreseeable future. Consumers are seeking authentictasting drink taste options beyond simply soft drinks.

This makes low-alcohol spirits or no-alcohol beverages a growth market, with trade sales in the area expected to record a 41% increase over the period 2015 to 2021. With botanical extracts in alcohol beverages already a $500 million business and growing by 9% per annum, producers that can offer tasty and healthier upscale beverage choices will see a significant and growing market opportunity in the years to come.

“Kerry is pleased to make this range of high-quality authentic botanical distillates available to beverage producers interested in producing more refined and bettertasting low- or no-alcohol drinks,” says Michel Aubanel, flavour ingredients global development manager for Kerry. “I believe that consumer expectations are currently not being met by mocktails and other no-alcohol options. This is due to the fact that products often resemble juices rather than alcohol. Consumers want the upscale experience of the glass, ice and taste, but without the alcohol content. This portfolio can deliver a premium drink that tastes great.”

The range also offers many advantages: it’s fully traceable, clean-label, Halaal-certified, Kosher-suitable, ethanol-free and also free of any alternative solvent.

The portfolio allows manufacturers to maintain a low (or zero) alcohol content and permits a “0.0%” claim. In comparison to other ethanol-free technologies, the Collection Zero range is more stable, with no haze, no sedimentation, and a fresher botanical taste and mouthfeel.

Kerry’s extensive expertise and experience in natural extraction fosters innovative “fusion distillates” that are based on a capability to blend natural botanicals (leaves, flowers, seeds, etc.) and then magnify taste by running a distillate following a period of slow maturation. This allows for tailored extracts or blends that can be made to order to suit specific local and regional tastes and requirements.

Collection Zero contains more than 45 single distillate profiles and five fusions distillates that can be blended and tailored to suite specific markets and create unique winning tastes. Some of the available botanical taste sources include juniper, ginger, rose bud, chamomile, lemon, mint, orange, dandelion, cola nut, rhubarb, burdock, elderflower, black tea, cocoa, cumin, fennel, turmeric, and cinnamon, among others. •