Booth 2440

RFI Ingredients, a specialist in vertically integrated whole food ingredients, will be exhibiting at IFT First, spotlighting its clean-label liquid extracts designed specifically for functional beverage applications.

As consumer demand grows for functional beverages, wellness shots, ready-to-drink formats, syrups, mocktails, concentrates, and other delivery formats, RFI’s liquid extract solutions can enhance functionality, flavor, and formulation flexibility.

Visitors can learn about the company’s proprietary extraction technologies, vertically integrated supply chain, and custom manufacturing capabilities that help brands meet clean-label expectations without compromising on sensory performance.

Visitors can sample drinks featuring RFI’s extracts and botanicals, including:

• Beauty Lemonade, packed with apple, strawberries, black currant, cranberries, raspberries, and blueberries, in addition to hyaluronic acid and collagen
• Orange Tereré, featuring yerba mate and natural caffeine from green tea
• Blue magnesium calming drink, featuring the company’s Taste-Free magnesium bisglycinate chelate and blue spirulina
• Complete Cranberry daily wellness drink, featuring prebiotics, probiotics, and Crantiva cranberry extract

“For more than two decades, RFI has been developing liquid extracts that preserve the natural flavor, aroma, and functional characteristics of the source botanical,” said Jeff Wuagneux, CEO. “IFT is one of the premier events for food and beverage innovation, making it the ideal venue to showcase how our liquid extract capabilities can help brands create products that resonate with today’s consumers.”

RFI’s liquid extract platform features:

• Clean-label ingredients sourced from premium botanicals
• Natural and organic extraction systems utilizing water, ethanol, and glycerin
• Proprietary dynamic liquid/solid extraction (DL/SE) technology designed to preserve delicate flavor compounds and functional actives
• Beverage-ready ingredient systems for RTDs, wellness shots, hydration products, teas, mocktails, syrups, and concentrates
• Custom blending, flavor system development, tincture production, and bottling support
• A vertical platform including integrated sourcing through to bottling capabilities

The company will also highlight its extensive portfolio of tea, botanical, flavor, and specialty extracts, including green tea, black tea, oolong, yerba mate, guayusa, yaupon, hibiscus, elderberry, chicory, dandelion root, chamomile, cinnamon, and custom botanical concentrate systems.

“Food and beverage developers are looking for ingredient partners that can do more than simply supply raw materials,” said Wuagneux. “They need technical expertise, formulation support, reliable sourcing, bottling support, and scalable manufacturing. To that end, our From Field to Formula approach allows us to serve as a true innovation partner from concept through commercialization.”

To schedule a meeting with RFI Ingredients, click here.