AKRAS Flavours (www.akras.at) is a leading international manufacturer of flavours and ingredients for the food and beverage industry based in Austria, Europe since 1938. As a family run business, AKRAS Flavours has more than 80 years of experience and technical know how. With two production plants and various subsidiaries and partners AKRAS Flavours covers more than 35 countries on 4 continents. AKRAS Flavours specialises in the beverage industry and offers a unique and comprehensive range of products and product concepts for beverages manufacturers. Furthermore, AKRAS Flavours is unique in the field of encapsulated flavours and ranks amongst the market leader in this segment. The core competences are flavour creation, beverage technology and encapsulation. A research quota of 12% makes AKRAS a reliable partner for the global food industry. Sustainable food production also concerns the production and use of flavours. At AKRAS, "naturalness" is the focus in the development of new formulations. The high demand for quality at AKRAS Flavours is documented by continuous improvement and certification according to all major quality criteria and environmental standards, including ISO 22000, ISO 14001, IFS Food and FAMI-QS. Special local and religious requirements such as organic, halal or kosher certification are also implemented standards