They start out as lab assistants, doing compounding and general lab work under the tutelage of a senior or master flavorist. During a five-year training period, they maintain "tasting" notebooks and ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Marie Wright, a 50-something-year-old chief global flavorist from Cranbury, New Jersey, about her career path. It has been edited ...

At the end of those 5 years, you must pass a test to become a junior flavor chemist for 2 years. When you complete your apprenticeship, you take another test, and when you successfully pass that test, ...

Plus, "Whole grain is a huge thing right now," ADM's chief global flavorist, Marie Wright, tells Axios. "It's the opposite of, 'I want to indulge.'" At the same time, hedonistic foods are all the rage ...