1. Beverages
Carbonated beverages: such as cola, cinnamon, vanilla, lemon flavor is added to form a signature flavor.

Fruit juice/fruit drinks: to supplement the fruit aroma lost during processing (such as orange juice with orange oil flavor); Non-juice “fruit-flavored drinks” rely entirely on flavors (such as lychee-flavored sparkling water).

Tea/coffee: Caramel, coconut and other flavors are added to milk tea; Ready-to-drink coffee uses coffee flavor to enhance the roast aroma.

2. Baking and desserts
Bread/cake: Vanilla essence for cake mix; Butter essence enhances the flavor of bread milk.

Candy/chocolate: hard candy simulates mango, grape and other fruit flavors; White chocolate mimics the cocoa flavor of dark chocolate through flavors.

Ice cream: vanilla, strawberry and other flavors to reduce costs (natural vanilla extract is expensive); Special flavors such as “sea salt caramel” rely on complex flavors.

3. Dairy Products
Yogurt: Fruity yogurt such as strawberry and blueberry use flavors rather than real jam.

Cheese/butter: artificial cheese with cheese flavor; Plant-based butter mimics animal butter with flavor.

Milk powder/Milk substitute: Add vanilla flavor to infant milk powder to improve taste.

4. Snacks and convenience foods
Puffed food: barbecue flavor potato chips (smoked flavor), cheese flavor corn chips (cheese flavor).

Nuts/roasted goods: spiced peanuts with star anise and fennel essence; Honey flavored nuts use caramel flavor.

Instant noodle/instant soup: Meat flavor (such as beef paste) is added to the flour packet to simulate the umami flavor of bone broth.

5. Catering and prepared dishes
Fast food chain: Add “fried chicken flavor flavor” to fried chicken to unify the taste of global stores; Burger sauce enhanced with smoked flavor.

Prepared dishes: instant curry with compound spice essence; Frozen pizza simulates fresh vanilla flavor with basil flavor.

Seasoning: Add onion essence to tomato sauce; Salad dressings are layered with vanilla flavoring.

Low sugar/no sugar food: zero sugar cookies with caramel flavor to compensate for the lack of sweetness; Sugar-substitute drinks rely on fruit flavors to enhance their flavor.

Plant milk: Oat milk with nut flavor to enhance the flavor; Coconut milk drinks are sweetened with vanillin.

6. Special scene foods

Pet food: Adding fishy flavor to cat food attracts pets to eat.