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2018 Leaderboard: Givaudan Reaffirms 2020 Goals

By addressing the demand for natural and healthy products, Givaudan has reaffirmed its 2020 goals and remained the number one flavor and fragrance company.

Q&A: Going Green with Chemistry

How to implement and measure the impacts of green chemistry in F&F.

Regulatory Watch: Trans Fat, GRAS, Fragrance Guidelines and More

This article takes a closer look at industry regulations for the flavor and fragrance industry, including trans fat and fragrance guidelines.

FEMA Launches GRAS 24, Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the GRAS Process

As the latest GRAS list comes online, FEMA examines the past, present and future of the safety assessment of flavor materials.

Formation of Volatile Compounds from the Reaction of Leucine and D-Glucose in Propylene Glycol

This paper reports the identification of volatile compounds resulting from the reaction of leucine and glucose in the common food-grade solvent propylene glycol.

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Beyond "Green"

As sustainability has become a buzzword, consumers have grown more aware of issues such as climate change, and so corporations have been compelled to release sustainability reports marking progress toward specific goals. Naturally, cost-management and profitability are also important factors.

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Going Organic

As new research reveals that 75% of US consumers buy natural and/or organic food, advocates claim that these findings dispel the myth that organic produce is exclusively for a small minority with steadfast organic principles. The organic market is now firmly positioned in the mainstream.

Aldehyde Generators for Flavors

The quest to deliver unstable aldehydes to food systems by the use of generators is being realized. With the proper generator, flavors can be created for use under conditions traditionally unfavorable to aldehydes, As in other derived systems it appears best to employ nature as a model and to design generators in the same way that nature produces flavors.

CBD has increasingly been positioned as helpful in dealing with issues like anxiety, insomnia, pain, stress and even addiction, though there is not enough scientific evidence to fully back these up.

CBD’s Not-So-Spectacular Growth

Spoonshot CEO breaks down its usage, regulations and what appears to be a decline in interest.

Touching on the history of hybridization and the possibilities for the future of flavor creation.

Tailoring Genes to Taste

Touching on the history of hybridization and the possibilities for the future of flavor creation.

Beyond the GRAS Lists

The Minimal Risk of Additional Nature Identical Flavoring Materials. Among all food additives used, it is generally accepted that flavoring materials form a class by themselves. This class outnumbers by far all other food additives combined. The number alone makes individual testing of all flavoring materials unrealistic.

The New German Flavor Regulations

The label that the food manufacturer places on its consumer package is controlled in the new German “Labeling Regulation” (Lebensmittel- Kennzeichnungsverordnung) enacted on December 31, 1981. The flavor that has been added to the food must be included in the list of ingredients by giving the class or classes of flavoring substances (natural and/or nature-identical and/or artificial) used as part of the flavor.

GRAS Flavor Chemicals— Detection Thresholds

Odor detection threshold data can be useful in making judgments on use levels in flavor creation, as well as in planning flavor reconstructions. With the plethora of published data now available on the composition of natural food aromas, utilization of Guadagni’s odor unit concept is an effective and inexpensive tool for simplifying the otherwise difficult problem of converting a complex flavor analysis into a “practical” flavor system.

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Editor’s Note: Growing Beyond F&F

Despite changing consumer demands and regulatory restrictions, the F&F industry is growing and meeting the challenges with innovation.

Where Is the Flavor Industry Going?

The successful organization of the future is not the one that will be stymied by backlogs, log jams and bureaucracy. It will be the company that not only responds and reacts immediately to customers’ needs, but it will be the organization that anticipates these needs before they arise.

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What's in Your Garlic Oil?

Since a large percentage of the available garlic oil on the markets may be adulterated, how can a company detect adulterated garlic oil?

Enzymatic and Microbial Generation of Flavors

Microbial and enzymatic flavor biotechnology has been introduced by most of the large flavor houses. In addition, the considerable interest devoted to flavor precursors by academic and industrial research groups indicates the importance of biotechnical processes for further development of natural flavors.

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Forward Thinking: Generation M – A Halal Lifestyle

With the growing population of Muslim millennials, halal food, beverage and beauty are emerging and have considerable potential for F&F suppliers and consumer goods manufacturers.

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