About Flavor Crave Consulting

About Flavor Crave Consulting
Flavor Crave Consulting helps food brands and manufacturers develop innovative products through expert flavor development, formulation support, and commercialization guidance.
Founded by Valerie Daniello, a Certified Flavor Applicationist and Principal Food Scientist, Flavor Crave Consulting brings more than 23 years of experience in food science and product development across sweet and savory applications.
From concept to commercialization, Valerie partners with companies to turn great ideas into products that perform in the real world.
Helping Food Companies Innovate and Scale
Food innovation requires more than great ideas—it requires the technical expertise to turn those ideas into products that perform in the real world.
Flavor Crave Consulting partners with emerging brands, growing manufacturers, and established food companies to support product development, flavor optimization, and commercialization.
With deep experience across snacks, desserts, dairy applications, and flavor systems, Valerie helps companies navigate the challenges of formulation, scale-up, and product performance.
Whether the goal is to match a competitor’s product, develop a new flavor profile, improve margins, or transition from kitchen concept to full production, Flavor Crave Consulting provides practical solutions grounded in real industry experience.


VALERIE DANIELLO
Principal Food Scientist &
Certified Flavor Applicationist
Valerie Daniello has spent more than two decades helping food companies develop successful products across a wide range of applications including snacks, desserts, dairy products, and flavor systems. Her work bridges the gap between innovation, formulation science, and real-world manufacturing.
She works closely with product teams to solve formulation challenges, refine flavor systems, and guide products through the development process from concept to commercialization.
- 23+ Years of Flavor & Food Science Expertise
- Certified Flavor Applicationist
- Principal Food Scientist
- R&D leadership experience
- Sweet and savory application expertise
- Product development and commercialization
- Customer-facing technical support
Engagement types
Product Matching
Competitive benchmarking and formula recreation
Reformulation strategies
A clear and bold heading
Scale-Up Support
Transition from lab to production
Flavor Development
Custom flavor and seasoning systems
Cost Optimization
Improve margins and ingredient efficiency
R&D Troubleshooting
Solve formulation and performance issues
Why Flavor Crave Consulting
23+ Years of Flavor & Food Science Expertise
- Product Matching & Competitive Benchmarking
- Flavor Development & Optimization
- Seasoning Systems & Savory Applications
- Dairy & Dessert Product Development
- R&D Troubleshooting & Formula Improvement
- Scale‑Up & Commercialization Support
- Cost Reduction & Margin Improvement
- Clean Label / Natural Reformulation
- Sensory Evaluation & Flavor Translation
- Innovation & Product Pipeline Development
Who Do We Help
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Emerging Food Brands
Need help developing their first scalable formula.
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Food Companies Scaling Production
Need technical guidance moving from kitchen to factory.
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Growing Manufacturers
Need R&D expertise without hiring a full-time scientist.
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Snack & Flavor Companies
Require product matching, seasoning development, or innovation support.
Engagement types

Project consulting
Focused development work.

Technical advisory
Ongoing R&D guidance.

Product development
End-to-end formulation support.

Commercialization
Scale-up and manufacturing transition.
Contact Call To Action
We are two besties, called by the same name Loren & Loren, running a cozy place where every dish on the menu is the one cooked with exceptional care and love to details.
You’ll find yourself always welcome at our cafe in Soho whether you’re running off to work and want a takeaway or stay for home-like breakfast. We have you covered.

