Food Bases & Meal Preparations

There’s no need to start from scratch — our expertise in ready-made, easy-to-use culinary food bases and meal preparations that deliver great taste and consistent quality can help you get to market faster and more efficiently than ever.

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Benefits of ADM’s Food Bases & Meal Preparations

Our formulation know-how and creativity provide the foundation to develop Culinary Crafted™ flavor bases and meal preparations that delight customers through taste, texture, appearance, and aroma while helping save you time and money. 

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Ready to Use

Ready-made food bases and one-step meal preparations provide time-saving chef’s shortcuts.

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Help Achieve Cleaner and Clearer Labels

Enjoy our array of organic, non-GMO, reduced sodium, vegan, and gluten-free options.

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Reduced Inventory & Labor Costs

Save money and space with concentrated bases and meal preparations with low usage rates.

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Chef-Led, Traditional Culinary Development

Our certified chefs, food scientists, and flavorists craft small batches using real foods.

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100% Customizable Flavor Formulations

We offer personalized solutions for your specific flavor, label, and cost requirements.

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Consistent Flavor & Performance

Our experts can replicate superior, gold-standard taste and functionality over and over.

Product Applications

In small batches, our culinary team slowly roasts, sweats, or braises real, wholesome foods to release intense flavor and aroma in fully customizable food bases and more for a wide array of uses.

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Soups, Broths, & Stocks

We’ll help you create comfort food with wholesome ingredients, bases, naturally derived flavors and colors, and salt modulation.

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Sauces

With our know-how and extensive sauce capabilities, we can help you elevate basic meals and recreate culinary authenticity.

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Meal Preparations/Ready Meals

Inspired by our global chefs, our ready meal solutions can help you deliver convenient, authentic-tasting international cuisine.

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Dressings, Dips, & Condiments

We create options with bold, complex flavors and textures using a vast portfolio of natural flavors and colors from nature.

Applications

Applications

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Cheese & Dairy

Our easy-to-use, cost-effective cheese bases provide the robust flavor and mouthfeel of real dairy and include plant-based options.

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Marinades

With acids and oils for optimal tenderizing and flavor delivery, our marinades come in a wide array of bold global taste profiles.

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Frozen Appetizers

We can help you craft frozen solutions tailored for optimal taste, texture, color, nutrition, functionality, and cost requirements.

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Delight Consumers With On-Trend Food Experiences

With our chef-led development approach to flavor bases and meal preparations, great taste is always on the menu. We support our Culinary Crafted™ solutions through global trend anticipation, menu tracking, emerging taste and flavor profiles, on-trend culinary ideation, and consumer usage and attitudes to give you an edge.

ADM’s Broad Portfolio of Food Bases & Meal Preparations

Our team of chefs and technical experts create easy-to-use food bases and meal preparations with complex flavors customized to your specifications. From gravy and marinades to global sauces, we have great-tasting solutions to set your products apart.

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Food & Flavor Bases
Food & Flavor Bases

Brown butter bases provide a browned color and nutty flavor without the risk of overcooking. 

Classic food bases are easy-to-use concentrated purées of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, or herbs and spices created from classic culinary techniques to deliver rich flavor.

Dairy and cheese bases provide complex flavors and a cost advantage over standard cheese products, including options for plant-based alternatives — with all the flavor and mouthfeel of real dairy.

Ethnic spice shots and pastes create flavorful global cuisines with tastes of oil-roasted vegetables, herbs, and spices.

Flavor bases include meat and poultry flavor systems developed with proprietary technology for deeper, balanced flavor intensity and rich mouthfeel.

Gravy and demi-glaces are one-step prep systems with adjustable starch and water levels to achieve the right consistency.

StockPlus is a concentrated stock replacement technology that delivers the same mouthfeel and flavor impact as stock with cost savings.

Chef shortcuts include concentrated stocks, broths, and jus in consumers’ preferred taste options with your label and cost requirements.

Plant-based flavor systems help you meet demand for alternative proteins and other plant-based products.

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Marinades
Marinades

ADM’s one-step systems for beef, pork, poultry, seafood, plant-based proteins, and ready meals incorporate oils and acids for superior tenderizing and helping cooked products retain flavor during holding. Our marinades go beyond the ordinary with rich flavor profiles and offerings such as:

 

African Harissa
Roasted Garlic Herb 
Peruvian Pollo a la Brasca 
Lime Cilantro 
Honey BBQ 
Asian Teriyaki 

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Your Culinary Partner

ADM provides holistic product development with our expert culinary development team, quality ingredient sourcing, regulatory and technical support, a reliable supply chain, and more benefits.

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Global Culinary Team

Our diverse group of seasoned chefs combine their experience for authentic flavors spanning a variety of world cuisines.
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Speed to Market

We can help you get premium food bases and meal preparations to market fast with manufacturing and start-up assistance.
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Our Experience

We have 35+ years of experience creating culinary solutions and an integrated business in bases, flavors, and colors.

More Culinary Solutions from ADM

We offer a robust portfolio of flavors, colors, sweeteners, texturants, starches, and edible and specialty oils for your procurement and development needs.

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Flavors

From savory to citrus and more, our wide variety of flavors and flavor modulation expertise provide authentic profiles for food and beverage products.

Colors

ADM’s Colors from Nature™ portfolio offers a brilliant rainbow of color solutions across various applications.

Edible & Specialty Oils

Trust ADM for versatile, high-quality, and great-tasting edible oils that fit your application functionality expectations and meet your consumers’ nutritional needs.

Sweeteners

Our comprehensive portfolio of sweetening solutions help you provide the right balance of sweetness thanks to our unmatched technical and commercial expertise.

Texturants

Create optimal consistency, mouthfeel, stability and more with ADM’s industry-leading texturant development and production.

Starches

Get the ideal taste and texture for consumer-appealing products with our array of native, functional native, modified, resistant, and moulding starches, backed by exceptional formulation expertise.

Frequently Asked Questions

Looking for more information about food bases and broth concentrates? Check out some commonly asked questions about our process and products below.

What Types of Food Bases and Broth Concentrates Does ADM Offer for Commercial Use?

Our wide array of savory bases and preparations ranges from spice pastes with global flavor profiles to traditional stocks, concentrated bases, and more with cleaner-label opportunities and exceptional taste and performance.

How Can ADM Support My Business as an Ingredient Manufacturer?

We leverage our Culinary Crafted™ approach with experienced chefs creating bold, customizable food bases that deliver superior taste, flavor, and texture. ADM’s food base preparations are time-saving, easy-to-use, and reduce inventory needs and improve consistency. Supported by global innovation centers and regional expertise, we can tailor products to specific markets and production constraints.

Does ADM Provide Broth Concentrates for Foodservice or Industrial Applications?

ADM develops savory food bases and broth concentrates for retail, private label, foodservice, and industrial applications with flexible packaging options that ensure scalability for wholesale and large-scale operations.

How Does ADM Support Integration of Food Bases Into My Products?

We offer comprehensive support services for our flavor bases and broth concentrates, including:

  • Chef-driven customization to align with market demands and consumer trends.
  • Integration of flavor, color, and base capabilities for seamless product development.
  • Technical expertise for solving formulation challenges and achieving consistency.
How Does ADM Ensure Quality and Consistent Food Bases and Broth Concentrates?

Our rigorous quality control measures and culinary innovation processes ensure reliable product outcomes, including small-batch production that replicates traditional culinary methods and strict adherence to standards and regulations.

Can ADM Help My Business Develop Custom Flavor Bases or Food Preparations?

Yes, we specialize in creating 100% customizable solutions. Our global culinary team works closely with you to develop unique products that address specific flavor, cost, and production goals.

Your Food Base & Meal Preparations Partner

Contact us today to learn how our consistently delicious and time-saving food bases and meal preparations can help you create on-trend products tailored to your specifications. 

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