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Labeling Vanilla Flavorings and Vanilla-Flavored Foods in the U.S.

Vanilla flavorings are the only flavorings subject to a federal standard of identity. An understanding of the vanilla standard and the general flavoring labeling regulations is necessary to properly label vanilla flavorings and the foods to which they are added.

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A Taste of Transparency with Tony Moore

As consumers increasingly scrutinize labels and demand companies to be more transparent, flavorists and the food industry must find innovative ways to address this challenge.

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Tony Moore & Lisa Navarro Join Understanding Vanillin Solutions and Emerging Technologies Panel

Both offer unique perspectives into today's challenges facing the vanillin market.

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Vanilla Enters the World of Genomics

Within the last few years, the development of new DNA sequencing technologies has revolutionized the study of crop plants. New technologies are now available that provide high-throughput DNA sequence coverage at low cost, making their application to smaller crops possible. Two research groups are currently applying these new technologies to Vanilla planifolia to study some of the important issues with Vanilla, such as disease susceptibility and vanillin biosynthesis.

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Independent Flavorist Tony Moore Launches Collaborative Database of Flavor & Fragrance Materials

Along with Tony Moore's systems specialist partner, Paul Smiley, he has launched a free-to-use collaborative database of flavor and fragrance materials information at FlavScents.com.

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A Major Stake for the Future: Authenticating Vanilla With DNA

As vanilla supplies remain volatile, the threat of adulteration and fraud pose a real threat to the F&F industry. In response, authenticating methods like DNA barcoding provides a way to ensure purity and traceability.

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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.

TTB Response to P&Fnow Vanilla Comments

The conversation on TTB's view of natural vanilla continues

Vanilla: Anything but Plain

Mike Fasano outlines the complexities and nuances of vanilla extracts

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Patent Pick: Sul-fruity Surprise in F&F

Sulfur, onion, metallic and. . .tropical fruit? IFF perfumers' noses must have twisted in new directions when they applied for this patent on 2,6-dipropyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-thiopyran-3-carbaldehyde.

Vanilla flavor is dominated by phenols and their transformation products mostly derived from enzymatic hydrolysis of the phenyl-β-D-glucosides. Cocoa bean flavor is dominated by Strecker aldehydes and pyrazines and other products generated during the roasting process of the beans.

Extracting the Essence: Comparing Vanilla and Cocoa Processes

Understanding the similarities and differences in biochemistry, chemistry and curing processes of vanilla and cocoa may offer insight into producing high-quality materials.

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Optimization of Traditional Curing of Vanilla Beans

A number of recent advances in plant biochemistry and chemistry have clarified some stages of the vanilla bean curing operation and opened up opportunities for improvement in and control of the process.

The flavor of cured vanilla beans contains a complex mixture of aroma and taste compounds.

Vanilla Bean Extraction: Old Procedures Needing a Makeover

Part 2 of 2: Vanilla ranges and possible method improvements.

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Chemical Characterization of Vanilla pompona Scheide, Part II

Vanilla pompona is resistant to climate change and diseases, and therefore is preferred for hybridization with V. planifolia. Its chemical characterization was carried out in a series of experiments, described in this second of four parts.

The curing of ripe, green vanilla beans convert a generally unflavored pod into the universally recognized and popular aromatic product.

Vanilla Bean Extraction: Old Procedures Needing a Makeover

Part 1 of 2: Exploring regulations and vanilla extraction methods.

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The Biogenesis of Fruit Flavors: A Continuing Story

The present paper will likewise emphasize the applied aspects of some selected recent results highlighting the morphological and subceellular site of flavor biogenesis, and flavor-producing cell cultures.

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A Natural and a Pod: Commonalities in Vanilla and Tea Processing

Shared chemistry, biochemistry and processing in tea leaf and vanilla pod.

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Fruity & Functional: Creating Effective Superfood Flavors

During his Flavorcon 2018 presentation, Danny Hodrien, managing director and chief flavorist for F&F Projects Ltd., will discuss the volatile flavor compounds of Maqui berries and watermelon seeds.

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