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Oral Care – It’s Not Just About the Cavities

Addressing functional oral care flavors means addressing consumers’ demands to feel good and do good.

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Flavor Bites: Menthone

In addition to a number of other chemicals with broadly related odors, menthone can raise many non-mint profiles out of the ordinary.

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Rediscovering the Mint Market

The drive behind mint is rooted in the growing demand for traceable and sustainable natural mint, while developing new innovations in sensory research and a more refined understanding of regional preferences.

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Editor's Note: Mint’s New Story

Though having a history rooted in Greek mythology, mint was only recognized as a distinct species in the late 17th century and later became popular in flavored and fragranced products.

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The Mint Condition in Oral Care

Much of the innovation in the area came in the way of active ingredients outside of the flavor, and flavor innovation itself was limited. More recently, however, it looks like the landscape is changing.

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February 2018 Product Roundup: Tea Time

The Perfumer & Flavorist Product Roundup is a monthly feature presenting inspiration for flavor and fragrance creations with materials and products from leading F&F companies. Check out this month's collection of materials for tea.

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Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials February 2018

This month’s column features discussions on oak concentrate, spearmint absolute, natural y-octalactone, natural nonalactone, 3-mercapto-3-methyl-1-butanol and more.

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Taking a Fresh Look at Mint

With its freshness and versatility, mint is increasingly a key ingredient of choice for perfumers and flavorists alike. In this article, Firmenich discusses the global mint market, its versatility in a variety of F&F applications and exploring new compounds through R&D.

Development of instrumental analytical methods for essential oils and aroma chemicals

The ultimate purpose of our products and the reason for our industry, to provide consumers with products which please their taste or smell, today and for generations to come has not changed. Safety has always been and will continue to be our most fundamental concern. We are known to respond to problems long before government regulations can be or have to be enacted. Our technology points toward a bright future for the fragrance and flavor industry.

An Aroma Chemical Profile: Menthol

L-menthol can be described as unique for its cooling sensation on the skin and mucous membranes. Although other materials are known to display this cooling effect, almost all of them are derivatives of l-menthol.

The Spearmint Oil Crisis of 1958

“I’m absolutely sure, Bob. All our suppliers tell me there’s something seriously wrong with this year’s crop,” “It’s still all right, Jim,” I said. “We just won’t go national until we have an assured source of supply. For the test market, we’ll continue to use last year’s oil.” “We can’t.” “What do you mean we can’t? There’s always a year’s supply of oil around somewhere.” “Not this year"...

Nantong—China’s Peppermint Producing Center

Now Nantong supplies about 30% of China’s peppermint oil and about 1/10 of the worlds total. Some 10,000 hectares of land in the area are devoted to growing peppermint.

Chemical Characterization of Cornmint Oils

In this paper, we list the main constituents and their concentrations, we give a detailed analysis of one of the Indian oils, and we discuss the isolation of L-menthol from the oils by slow crystallization.

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Reflections of a Retired Flavorist Before He Forgets.

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An aroma chemical profile, menthone.

Menthol and Cornmint Oil from China

This article looks at the current supply situation and draws some conclusions about the future availability of these products from China.

Influence of Harvesting Time on Chemical Composition of Mentha piperita L. Essential Oil

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The Genuineness of Two Mint Essential Oils

The authors demonstrated that the isopulegol levels present in mint oils, along with the levels of the compound tentatively identified as neoisoisopulegol, are presently the best indicators of the presence of commint in peppermint. This method offers a good detection threshold and is easily performed through standard GC techniques.

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