Joyce Igasaki

Account Executive @ Virginia Dare Extract Co.

About

Are you challenged by creating great tastes or masking off-flavors in your products? Great taste is an essential ingredient when it comes to delighting your customers. At Virginia Dare, we deliver preferred taste with strategic business value to the food, beverage, nutritional products, dairy, bakery, sweet goods, pharmaceutical, and oral care industries. For nearly 100 years, our family-owned and operated business has built a reputation for quality, technical expertise, and integrity. By combining formulation expertise with substantial knowledge in producing natural ingredients, we bring together science, market insights, and sourcing to create business advantages for our partners. Virginia Dare remains dedicated to delivering preferred taste through our three innovative product platforms. 👇 🔸 TASTE FOUNDATIONS: Vanilla, tea, coffee, and cocoa – our sustainably sourced premium extracts and concentrates. 🔸 TASTE IMPROVEMENT: Custom-configured flavors for any application and taste improvement systems for masking and modulation. 🔸 TASTE COLLABORATION: Product development, R&D support, and marketing insights, plus access to recommended suppliers and manufacturers. On a personal note, being part of the solution in bringing healthy, great tasting foods to the marketplace enlivens me. Whether you seek a premium flavor, sensory expertise, or a more thorough sourcing and transparency program, Virginia Dare offers substantial expertise to help you succeed. I encourage you to check out the Featured Media below for more information. Ready to experience our preferred taste platforms with a sample of your chosen ingredient? Contact me today, and our team can have a sample to you within 48 hours. ☎️ 949-466-1497 🌐 virginiadare.com Specialties: Customized Flavors | Flavor Development | Flavor Trends | Taste Improvement"

Country

United States

City

Rancho Santa Margarita

Industry

Food & Beverages

Skill

Food Industry, Sales, Key Account Development, Product Development, Food Processing, Food Safety, Consumer Products, HACCP, Food & Beverage, Marketing Strategy, FMCG, Grocery, Market Research, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Flavors, Food Service, Ingredients, Leadership, Food Technology, Research

Experience

Account Executive

Virginia Dare Extract Co.

2004-5 - Present · 22 yrs 4 mos

As an Account Executive with Virginia Dare, I help deliver preferred taste and innovative solutions for the health and wellness and food industries. In business for nearly 100 years, Virginia Dare has extensive experience developing new product ideas – many of which were not on the market. We create the products from scratch, supply market data to support the concept, and deliver premium flavored products. From the fundamental flavors that define memorable taste, to the offbeat flavors that satiate our sense of adventure, Virginia Dare remains dedicated to delivering preferred taste through our expert flavorists, authentically sourced ingredients, and taste innovation platforms. We pride ourselves on working closely with our customers to achieve their goals. By making our clients part of the solution, they understand our resources and achieve success overcoming any flavoring challenge. Our clients include multinational food and beverage companies as well as growing entrepreneurial companies. Before I came to Virginia Dare 17 years ago, I was in Technical Sales with ConAgra. I experienced first-hand Virginia Dare’s excellent customer care in delivering flavor samples to our team. What I enjoy most about my role as an Account Executive is that I can identify and develop new and existing opportunities. Often, this leads to long-term relationships with customers who become friends. Check out the multimedia section below to learn more about how Virginia Dare is helping flavor solutions for food and beverage businesses of all sizes. Contact me today and request a flavor sample. ☎️ 949-466-1497 🌐 virginiadare.com Specialties: Flavor Creation | Organic/Natural Flavor Supplier | Clean Label Product Development"