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Section: Flavor > Sweet Applications

Green Vanilla Bean Quality

Understanding the parameters of the vanilla bean brings about potential for control, management and flexibility in process operation and in the quality of the final product

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Trend Update: The Dairy Landscape

A multi-year look at flavor trajectories across categories. According to numbers recently released by Mintel Custom Solutions, total US dairy new product launches went from 1,053 in 2002 to 1,544 in 2006 (T-1). Categories on the move during this period included frozen novelties/impulse ice cream, 145–286 new product launches; drinkable yogurts and liquid cultured milk, 28–61 new product launches; and spoonable yogurts, 90–140 new product launches.

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The Natural Flavor Market Grows Up

Despite restrictions due to regulations, the natural flavor market is seeing strong growth as consumer package goods position their portfolios to more health-conscious consumers.

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Vanilla Pricing

Henry Todd Jr. (AM Todd) on excessive pollination, the effects of disease, supply and demand.

Ballschmiede shares, 'Innovations are addressing the increasing concern of resource scarcity, with efforts aimed at developing alternative flavoring ingredients and reducing the environmental footprint of food production.'

The Global Flavor Industry Enters a ‘Complex’ and ‘Rapidly Evolving’ Phase, Says IOFI Executive Director

Sven Ballschmiede, executive director of the International Organization of the Flavor Industry, discusses regulation flashpoints, healthy food trend impacts and more.

The panel evaluated ingredients from Capua 1880, a family-run business built across five generations since it was founded in 1880 in Reggio Calabria.

Flavor Reports: EU Edition (June 2025)

Our panelists from the British Society of Flavorists evaluate several citrus ingredients for their potential in flavor applications.

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Flavor Bites: Hexyl acetate

Combining the attractive characteristics of pear and banana, this ingredient works well together with several hexyl esters, including hexyl butyrate and hexanoate.

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Flavor Bites: Anethole

Outside aniseed categories this chemical can be surprisingly useful in a wide range of flavors at much lower levels of addition, adding subtle nuances that are not remotely recognizable as aniseed.

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Flavor Bites: Dimethyl trisulfide

The profile of the dimethyl sulfide series of chemicals changes with increasing molecular weight, ranging from jammy to meaty. Additionally, there are dramatic variations in strengths, which can be used in vegetable, savory and dairy flavors.

The Symrise Group generated sales of € 4,730 million in the 2023 fiscal year, an increase of 2.4 % in the reporting currency.

Symrise 2024 Leaders & Newsmakers

Symrise CEO Jean-Yves Parisot, Ph.D., shares insight into the impressive number of acquisitions and investments of the company in the last 12 months as well as technical advancements made across segments.

Mint, other herbs and botanicals are breathing new life into culinary dishes, confections, dairy products, baked goods and beverages.

5 Unexpected Mint Pairing Combinations in Culinary Flavors

Push the envelope on traditional flavor combinations and culinary applications with mint and spices.

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Industry Snapshot: Vanilla 2009 Conference Day 2

Day 2 presentations: Genomic solutions, biological controls, the hazards of monoculture and more.

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2017 Leaderboard: Mane Brings Goals into the Limelight

Perfumer & Flavorist's exclusive insights into Mane’s 2016 financial reports, sustainability strategies, R&D initiatives, M&A activity and how they became sixth ranked in the industry.

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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