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Raw Material Bulletin: May 2016

This month's column features the latest ingredients, including methionyl butyrate, hop essence fraction, 2-ethylbutyric acid and more.

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Raw Material Bulletin: March 2016

Suppliers from this issue include Natural Advantage and Sigma Aldrich featuring their latest raw materials.

iso-Valeric acid makes a subtle, but very useful, contribution to hazelnut flavors at 100 ppm.

iso-Valeric Acid in Dairy, Brown, Nut, Savory, Alcoholic Drink & Fruit Flavors

The profile of iso-valeric is very much stereotypical of the primary cheese odor, without any hint of the faint goaty character that starts to creep into the series of aliphatic acids from six carbon atoms upwards.

Identification of 9-Decen-2-one in Pineapple

Analysis of natural occurrence and application in fragrances and flavors.

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The Juice: Fragrance Evaluation for Independent Brands, Passion Above All

What happens when there is a fragrance evaluator between a brand and a fragrance house? Are they gatekeepers, critics, interpreters, co-creators, all of these or something else?

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Action, Passion and Innovation: The New Creative Perfumer

Reinventing the fragrance business is not easy, It does require practice and patience. And above all, it requires action, passion and innovation. We owe it to ourselves, our clients, and ultimately our most valued partners, the consumers.

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Grapefruit: the 'Forbidden' Fruit

The most recent addition to the citrus family, the grapefruit was relatively unknown to both Eastern and Western civilizations until its discovery in Barbados in 1750. Since then, it has spread to tropical and sub-tropical regions throughout the Western Hemisphere, and is renowned for its distinctive, sweet-sour flavor. Here, the authors review the similarities between the grapefruit and its larger ancestor, the pummelo, and examine grapefruit oil components and their distinct flavor profiles.

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Pink Pepper Fruit and Leaf Oils

This month's column discusses the chemical composition of pink pepper fruit and leaf oils.

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BONTOUX: A PASSIONATE AUTHENTIC PRODUCER OF NATURAL INGREDIENTS SINCE 1898

Travel to the source with Bontoux, passionate producer based in Haute Provence to see cultivation of bergamot, vanilla and more.

Coumarin In Plants And Fruits: Implication In Perfumery

Is there a risk for perfumers and flavorists to use coumarin in their formulations? The purpose of this article is to give users adequate information to answer to this question.

Quantitative Relationships Between Structure and the Fruity Odor of Esters

This article describes the evaluation of three QSAR approacbes (CoMFA, Hansch and Principal Component Analysis) which were used to investigate the correlation between chemical structure and the fruitiness of esters. It includes the first published study of the use of comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) in the formulation of a structure-odor relationship.

Coumarin in Plants and Fruits: Implication in Perfumery

Is there a risk for perfumers and flavorists to use coumarin in their formulations? The purpose of this article is to give users adequate information to answer to this question.

Inside Flavors: Real Time Volatile Flavor Release Monitoring and its Flavor/Food Application Using Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry

Understanding how aroma compounds interact with and are released from simple and complex foods. Flavors and fragrances usually are complex mixtures of molecules with different physical properties, including volatility, fat solubility and sensorial characteristics, covering a wide spectrum of threshold values. They are usually present in natural extracts or final products at levels in the order of ppb to ppm.

Perfumer & Flavorist 2008 Flavor & Fragrance Leaders

The big news on last year’s Flavor & Fragrance Leaders list was Firmenich’s purchase of Danisco’s fl avor division. The year before that, it was Givaudan’s purchase of Quest. At press time, rumors are again making the rounds regarding another potential merger within the top tier of F&F.

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Flavor Bites: Perfumers and Flavorists

Although there are distinct differences in the responsibilities and duties of perfumers and flavorists, these two occupations share many similarities and can learn much from each other

Tobacco accords are often used as a warm, rich and slightly sweet base note.

Consumer Preferences Are Redefining Tobacco's Role in Flavor and Fragrance: Q&A with Tobacco Flavorist Manoj Arora

The chief perfumer and tobacco flavorist of Sacheerome discusses how trends towards health and wellness are applying to tobacco flavors and fragrances.

2012 Flavor & Fragrance Leaderboard

Acquisitions, raw material price pressures and an uncertain economy make for a mixed picture

2010 Flavor & Fragrance Leaderboard

Cautious optimism, gradual recovery and a return to growth

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