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The company

Founded in 2020, 1-2-Taste is reshaping how businesses source and supply food ingredients. In just a few years, we have grown into a trusted digital platform serving a rapidly expanding global customer base.

Starting with a focus on wholesale flavour ingredients, we now offer a comprehensive portfolio of over 3,000 high-quality ingredients. Today, more than 1,000 companies rely on 1-2-Taste to access verified suppliers, request samples, and streamline their procurement processes. Headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices and warehouses in both Europe and India, we are strategically positioned to meet the diverse needs of the food industry — from agile startups to leading marketplace.

At 1-2-Taste, technology and deep industry expertise come together to drive a smarter, faster, and more transparent way of doing business in food ingredients.

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Our vision and approach

At 1-2-Taste, we transform how the world sources and sells food ingredients.
We bring the speed, transparency, and ease of B2C e-commerce into the complex B2B world — making sourcing food ingredients as simple as shopping online.

For sellers, 1-2-Taste unlocks new growth by efficiently reaching and serving the long tail of buyers. Our platform helps sellers expand their market, deliver faster service, engage new customers, and improve operational efficiency — all through smart digital tools.

For buyers, 1-2-Taste revolutionizes procurement. We provide streamlined access to a wide range of high-quality food ingredients from verified suppliers, plug and play API solutions to digitize the long tail of suppliers and standardized payment terms — reducing complexity, risk, and lead time.

We combine powerful technology with decades of deep industry expertise. Our team works daily to improve the buyer and seller experience — from expert content to cutting-edge AI solutions — helping the food ingredients industry move faster, smarter, and further.

At 1-2-Taste, we’re not just building a platform — we’re building the future of food ingredients selling and sourcing.

Meet the team


Jasper Schouten
Founder and CEO

18 years of experience in flavours and specialty ingredients with positions in operations and sales
Dreamed as a teenager from his own vinaigrette company and had not stopped thinking about his own business ever since. His mission? To truly transform the industry

Arjan Koudijs
Founder and CTO

24 years of industry experience in flavours and specialty ingredients in operations and IT
Fuelled by Thai food and coffee, driven by data, tech and processes. Named FiFi, the AI product recommendation co-pilot after his Bulldog

Jan Hein Hagenbeek
Business Development Director Europe

Worked over 25 years in the food ingredient business in global management and business development
Considers himself lucky combining his passion for food & beverages with innovation and tech to reshape the future of food and food supply

Walter Blom
Commercial Director Europe

25+ years experience, skilled in general management, sales operations, and purchasing across diverse segments and international markets
Passionate about ingredients on and off the clock — if he’s not selling them, he’s cooking with them

Monika Pavlovska
Customer Success Executive

Worked over a decade in marketing, sales and customer success; from Down Under Australia, via Europe to The Great White North
A multi-tasker by nature – Connecting the dots between personal service, solutions, and customer satisfaction; has a love-hate relationship with tech

Srikanth Robbi
Head of Global Marketing

Worked over 17 years driving brand growth, demand generation, and digital engagement across global markets
Crafting marketing strategies with the right mix of data, creativity, and business impact (and flavour)

Vignesh Hariharan
Global Supply chain Manager

Specialized in managing end-to-end supply chains that drived efficiency and delivered results across various Industries for the past 15+ years
He is all about building systems to ensuring a smooth workflow — Open, adaptable, and always ready to make things move better, faster, and smarter