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During October 2024, readers were hungry for articles featuring news on debuting ingredient databases, industry partnerships and a flavorist's take on crafting vanilla flavors.

Top 5 Taste Headlines of October 2024

Readers were hungry for articles featuring news on debuting ingredient databases, industry partnerships and a flavorist's take on crafting vanilla flavors.

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Top 5 Flavor Headlines of May 2025

Check out our readers' most loved articles about flavor from this past month.

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Top 5 Flavor Headlines of January 2025

Check out the flavor articles that caught readers' attention last month.

Analysis of Glycosidically Bound 2,5-Dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3 (2H)-furanone in Pineapple

This paper reports evidence of the presence of glycosidically bound DMHF in pineapple. In the last few years the analysis of flavor precursors and intermediates, especially glycosides in fruits, has received increasing interest and attention (Strauss, et al., 1986; Schwab and Schreier, 1988).

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.

IUCLID 5 Now Available

IUCLID 5—a software application to capture, store, maintain and exchange data on intrinsic and hazard properties of chemical substances—is now available

RIFM president James Romine, Ph.D.; Sheila Romine; Laure Moutet Manheimer; with Kerry executives Steven Manheimer; Otis Curtis V; Rajesh Potineni, Ph.D.; and Michael Kemp, Ph.D., at the Double Tasty dinner. Kerry was a major supporter of the 50th Anniversary celebration and ITTSD conference.

Monell Center Celebrates 50 Years With Sensory Conference

The conference featured discussions on creating a guide to treating smell and taste disorders and how to improve the care and management of these conditions.

5 Experts on Top Flavor and Fragrance Challenges

P&Fnow talks to some top flavor and fragrance companies about the effects of regulations, material costs and consolidation

European Food Safety Authority Requires Additional Information on 5 Materials

The European Food Safety Authority requires additional information on five flavoring substances under consideration, according to a newly posted opinion.

FEMA GRAS 23 Added to FFM

The latest GRAS 23 list, released by the Flavor Extract Manufacturer's Association, has just been added to Allured's Flavor and Fragrance Materials (FFM) online.

Senomyx's S2383 Modifier Gets European Union Approval

S2383 and its four initial savory flavors were identified as flavoring substances that will be considered legal for use in EU countries as of the end of April 2013

EFSA: SmokEz Enviro 23 in Food a “Safety Concern”

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that margins of safety in use of SmokEz Enviro 23 in or on foods are insufficient and that the product’s proposed uses and use levels are of safety concern.

Six students have the opportunity to visit the laboratory of certain sponsor companies during the second year of their Ph.D. studies.

Accepting Applications: The 15th Edition of Giract European Ph.D. in Flavor Research Awards

The application deadline is October 31, 2024.

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Blue Pacific Flavors Announces $1.5 Million Lab Expansion

Blue Pacific will open the research and development laboratory, The Flavor Creation and Culinary Innovation Center, to handle all product development and flavor creation in the United States and Asia.

The FDA has issued 15 warning letters to companies selling products containing CBD.

U.S. FDA Issues 15 Warning Letters Over CBD Products

“We remain concerned that some people wrongly think that the myriad of CBD products on the market, many of which are illegal, have been evaluated by the FDA and determined to be safe," said FDA principal deputy commissioner Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D.

Dihydroquercetin is naturally found in a variety of fruits and vegetables.

Blue California’s Dihydroquercetin Receives GRAS Status

Blue California offers food and beverage manufacturers its high purity Taxifolin BC-DHQ made by a sustainable process.

Regulatory Happenings on the Horizon

One of the biggest challenges facing perfumers and flavorists today is the constant change in regulations. In fact, in order to keep track of and address the barrage of new regulations, most companies have set up their own regulatory departments. Among the most important regulatory issues in the past couple of years has been REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals).

This was the first year of Marc van der Duijs as EFFA president, who thanked organization volunteers, 'Due the pandemic, the trip to Turkey had to be rescheduled many times, so we are very grateful to enjoy now the opportunity to be together in this beautiful Mediterranean city [..] The volunteers are always the soul and the roots of an association and we are very lucky to have such knowledgeable and committed volunteers, so a big thank you to all of you for this year’s work.”

EFFA Holds Hybrid General Assembly 2022

Attendees gathered to review the accomplishments of the association this year and start planning the priorities for 2023.

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