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Progress in Essential Oils: Sweet Fennel Oil and Extract

In this column, Brian M. Lawrence reviews the composition of sweet fennel oil and extract as found by various researchers. For example, a commercial sample of sweet fennel oil was screened for its anti-platelet activity by Tognolini et al. (2006) and Guerini et al. (2006) using GC-FID and GC/MS. Results are reported herein.

Monell Study Reveals Pandas Have a Natural Sweet Tooth

A recent study finds pandas have a penchant for some natural sweeteners including fructose and sucrose.

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A Sugar Alternative for the Sweet Tooth Addict

Companies are on high alert to reduce sugar significantly to follow the guidelines the government has put into place. Omega Ingredients has responded to this concern with a new sugar alternative powder, which can be used in a variety of foods and drinks.

Sweet Preferences Among Children Tied to Family, Biology

The results show that lowering refined sugars in children’s diets may require more sophisticated strategies.

Some Mammals Lack Sense of Sweet Taste

Scientists find that some carnivorous animals’ taste buds have evolved to reflect their diets

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Will Nixing the EU’s Sugar Quota Bring Sweet Change?

The EU’s quota system for sugar will end as of Sept. 30, 2017, which means that foreign trade will play a greater role in the balance of the market in the EU for this type of food and beverage sweetener.

Saccharin—the sweet and sour saga

The focus on saccharin highlights the basic deficiencies in the criteria by which food ingredients are evaluated for safety, particularly when the spector of cancer hangs overhead. The existing evaluation of all aspects of the safety of saccharin has caused an improvement in the safety evaluation proceedings and the benefits have impacted throughout the food industry, its regulators, and the scientific disciplines they rely upon.

Research: Red Pandas’ (Artificial) Sweet Tooth Result of Unique Sweet Receptors

A recent study indicate that red panda is the first non-primate mammal to display a liking for the artificial sweetener aspartame—a preference resulting from molecular difference in taste receptors.

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Sweet Solutions: Givaudan Launches Sugar Reduction Approach

Givaudan's latest method for sugar reduction combines a proprietary sensory language, novel ingredients and the company's expertise in sweetness.

Monell Offers New Information about Sweet Taste Receptors

Discovery includes taste cells having several sugar detectors other than those previously known

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Patent Pick: Sweet Tea Stands Jasmine Strong

We could all use more balance in our lives, as increased ailments and anxiety in society indicate. Perhaps we could all take a leaf—jasmine leaf, that is—from the pages of these inventors in their patent application for a balanced tea flavor.

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Hershey Hands Michele Buck a Sweet Presidential Treat

Hershey’s 11-year veteran, Michele Buck, will now serve as the president and CEO as the company starts to competes with smaller startup businesses.

Study: Children's Salty, Sweet Taste Preferences Linked to Growth

Children who were tall for their age preferred sweeter solutions, and children with higher amounts of body fat preferred saltier soups.

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The Sweet Smell of Citrus: Society of Flavor Chemists Winter Meeting

The SFC highlights their winter meeting in Southern California.

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Sweetness Sensation Linked to Bitter Receptor, Varies in Children

Genotype analysis revealed that sucrose thresholds and sensitivity were related to variation in the bitter receptor gene but not in the two sweet receptor genes.

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Patent Pick: Highly Potent Dairy Sweetener

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's choice from Coca-Cola is a dairy composition having a highly potent sweet taste.

Study: Carbonation Alters the Brain's Perception of Sweetness

The right combination of carbonation and artificial sweeteners can leave the sweet taste of diet drinks indistinguishable from normal drinks, says the study's author.

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Patent Pick: High-potency, Functional Sweetener

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's pick, from the Coca-Cola Company, describes a high potency sweetener with a functional component, such as a vitamin.

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