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Section: Fragrance > Regulatory & Research

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Is Cineole Detrimental to TeaTree Oil?

This paper evaluates the claims about cineole in tea tree oil and reviews the results of recent skin irritancy and bioactivity investigations which show that cineole is neither an irritant nor an antagonist.

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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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Endpoint: From Scent Dieting to Flavor Irritants: ‘Wellness’ in F&F

What does the word wellness bring to mind? Sinking into a neck-deep mud bath? Meditating in a swirl of incense? Hitting the gym four times a week? Or maybe crunching away on home-grown, organically harvested vegetables? Recycling, composting, supporting fair trade, etc., all elicit a sense of wellness in some form.

Green notes

Perfumery notes. The green trend will continue as more and more new green smelling chemicals are produced.

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Beyond "Green"

As sustainability has become a buzzword, consumers have grown more aware of issues such as climate change, and so corporations have been compelled to release sustainability reports marking progress toward specific goals. Naturally, cost-management and profitability are also important factors.

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Endpoint: Look Both Ways

A yearly recap of F&F’s research highlights and what’s to come for 2018.

Q&A: Going Green with Chemistry

How to implement and measure the impacts of green chemistry in F&F.

FMA Ponders Green Fragrances: a Balancing Act

Defining "green" and "sustainability"; defending safe fragrance ingredients and delivering on consumer demands.

The fragrance and flavor sectors are in the vanguard of the shift to green chemistry.

IFRA Examines F&F’s Path to Green Chemistry

A look at current and prospective routes to green chemistry initiatives.

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WPC Panel Answers: Is It Easy Being Green?

A panelist of fragrance industry leaders discussed what it would take for an industry-wide tool and commitment to create green fragrances during the Designing and Assessing Green Fragrance workshop held on day two of the 2016 World Perfumery Congress.

Inside Flavors: Real Time Volatile Flavor Release Monitoring and its Flavor/Food Application Using Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry

Understanding how aroma compounds interact with and are released from simple and complex foods. Flavors and fragrances usually are complex mixtures of molecules with different physical properties, including volatility, fat solubility and sensorial characteristics, covering a wide spectrum of threshold values. They are usually present in natural extracts or final products at levels in the order of ppb to ppm.

The F&F industry is not against strengthening regulatory frameworks, however, regulatory decisions should be based on sound scientific data, and chemical risks managed by considering hazard and exposure.

How Does the European Green Deal Influence the Fragrance Regulation and Innovation?

Outlining the goals of the EU Green Deal and the obstacles that may come with it.

Two researchers dig into the future of natural-product extraction in F&F.

Advancements and Opportunities in Natural-product Extraction: Green Enabling Technologies and Alternative Solvents

Two researchers dig into the future of natural-product extraction in F&F.

Transforming arid tropical savannahs into vast forests of noble sandalwood: essential oils are also an economic driver for sustainable reforestation.

Essential Oils and Forest Extracts: Complex, Unique and Vulnerable Industries Facing EU Green Deal

The implementation of the European Green Deal must consider the complexity and fragility of the essential oils industry.

The IFRA Green Chemistry Compass Tool was designed to guide the fragrance industry in evaluating and enhancing the environmental and health profiles of their products.

The IFRA Green Chemistry Compass: A Harmonized Tool to Support the Fragrance Industry's Pivotal Journey Toward Greater Sustainability

A breakdown of IFRA's Green Chemistry Compass, the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry and key takeaways of the initiative.

2012 Flavor & Fragrance Leaderboard

Acquisitions, raw material price pressures and an uncertain economy make for a mixed picture

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2018 Flavor & Fragrance Leaderboard

Driven by regulation and marked by innovative technologies paired with a rising demand in natural, this year’s leaderboard addresses the industry’s horizontal growth in an increasing digital, globalized landscape.

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Perfume and Flavor Synthetics

Cooperation between the Department of Organic Technology (DOT) at ICT Prague and Aroma Co. began in 1970 with research into problems with benzyl-acetate purity. The cooperative first consisted of an expert consultancy, which gradually grew into a systematic expert-research group focused on fi elds of basic research.

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