Symrise has launched a collection of organic-certified and non-GMO flavors under the umbrella of Code of Nature.

Here's what Associate Editor Alyse Thompson is looking forward to in the confectionery industry this year.

Flavor Producers, LLC has acquired Flavormatic Industries, Inc. of Wappingers Falls, N.Y. 

Waukegan, Ill.-based Nielsen-Massey Vanillas has rolled out a new line of organic extracts and two no-sugar-added vanillas.

Wauconda, Ill.-based Synergy Flavors, Inc. has acquired Janoušek, one of the world’s first suppliers of herbal extracts and natural flavoring and an expert in Italian flavor profiles.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. will acquire Israel-based flavor firm Frutarom for $7.1 billion. The cash and stock transaction — unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors — also includes Frutarom’s net debt.

It's a wild, wonderful and at times wacky world of flavor fusion, alternative sweetening and exotic experimentation for confectioners and flavor technologists.