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Flavor Bites: cis-3-Hexenyl acetate

The combination of green notes in many flavors can involve many additional green profile ingredients, but the balance between cis-3-hexenol and cis-3-hexenyl acetate is often central.

Forward Thinking: It's Mint to Be

Mint helps to breathe freshness and coolness into a variety of flavor and fragrance applications

The Quality of Cured Vanilla Beans

Flavor and sensory attributes and mouthfeel

The relationship between odor and flavor

A flavorist will automatically do the same thing—that is, smell the product before tasting it. The reason is, of course, that odor and flavor are two facets of the same sensation. With this in mind, let us discuss the meaning of odor and flavor, examining in particular some of the latest knowledge in the field. The importance of smelling in the evaluation of a flavoring material will become apparent.

Raw Material Bulletin: CSA Roundtable Highlights

The Chemical Sources Association’s (CSA; Neptune, New Jersey) roundtable was recently held at the Sheraton Newark Airport Hotel, in Newark, New Jersey.

Fragrance in Good Times and Bad

Givaudan’s Michael Carlos on how the economic crisis could reshape the industry.

Flavor Bites: 2-Methyl 3-Tetrahydrofuranthiol

Application in meat, seafood, dairy, chocolate and coffee flavor formulations

Building Smart: a Formula for Success

What it takes to formulate successful flavors—from trend tracking to material selection to compounding to trials to the store shelf. “To me, the ideal flavor is one you can make with the fewest number of materials to get the desired result,” says IFF senior flavorist Dennis Kujawski. This perspective is as true as it is deceptively simple, particularly in an age when project timelines and cost demands are shrinking even as new applications demand greater technical innovation and skill.

Fragrance intensity measurement by magnitude estimation

Psychologist's Corner. During the past 25 years a new form of sensory evaluation--magnitude estimation--has become very popular among research scientists in a number of different fields. The premise and forte of magnitude estimation is that people are able to assess sensory intensity by numerical means. Furthermore, the magnitude estimation method allows the participant an opportunity to use a wide range of numbers, with the property that ratios or proportions among the numerical assignments reflect ratios of sensory intensities.

Benzoin: Production, Uses and International Trade

The following review is based on first-hand research undertaken during a two-month mission in Southeast Asia, carried out by the author in 1997 for the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) and funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Puris' sourcing strategy involves acquiring buchu plant material from diverse regional farmers and meticulously identifying chemotypes.

Puris Perspectives: Formulating with Buchu Oil

Puris discusses the nuances of buchu oil, the company’s evolution and expanded product offerings.

Chinese customers, notably Gen Z, increasingly see skin care as a long-term investment and are willing to spend more money on high-quality goods.

Prestige Beauty is China’s Next Growth Engine

So far, in more than a year, Shiseido has sold 15 mass and cosmetics brands, which further signals that Shiseido is concentrating on more prestige and premium business segments.

The Composition of Blackcurrant Absolute (Ribes Nigrum)

In our study we employed three different products, an absolute obtained in the laboratory from buds grown in Burgundy of the “Noir Bourgogne” varietv; another laboratory produced absolute from buds collected in Kent, England, from the local variety “Baldwin”; and an industrial produced absolute from buds from various regions of France and elsewhere.

Market Report: European Food and Beverage Trends

An aging and diversifying population drives evolving tastes.

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On the Job: Becoming a Flavor Chemist

Inside a flavorist training program. How does one go about becoming a flavorist? Does one go to a flavor company and say, “I want to be trained to become a flavorist”?

State of the Industry: 2006 and Beyond

Forecasting opportunities and threats on the road to recovery. Despite what was attributed to Cyclone Hudah, which raked across Madagascar in the spring of 2000, and political instability in that island nation, the real cause of this decade’s vanilla crisis can be blamed on simple economics.

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Flavor Bites: 2-Ethyl 3-Methyl Pyrazine

This chemical combines outstanding strength, a profile pleasantly free from off-notes, and a little more heat stability than the more commonly used series of dimethyl pyrazines.

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2017 Leaderboard: Symrise Commits to Biodiversity Worldwide

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

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