The application development team refines the formulation to guarantee taste and nutritional outcomes. The team will work internally or with flavour houses to ensure that the flavour and aroma of the product best represent the animal protein target. Some challenges here involve masking the beany flavours from plant ingredients, countering bitterness from protein extracts, managing grainy undertones from plant proteins, and mitigating lingering aftertastes. The team can add functional ingredients, developed internally or sourced externally, to ensure that nutrition targets are met. Some common nutritional components fortified in plant-based meats include iron, zinc, omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, vitamin D, and specific amino acids. The addition of these customised ingredient packages is imperative to meeting end product requirements.