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For the Love of Food: The Path Forward for Proactive Food and Flavor Safety

As the industry evolves to embrace food safety standards and mitigate hazards, food and ingredient manufacturers can take steps to outpace regulations and protect their brands.

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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.

In beer flavors, the ideal levels are a little surprising. Light, lager-style, beers can benefit from around 300 ppm, but dark beers work best with lower levels, around 100 ppm.

Decanoic Acid in Dairy, Savory, Fermented, Fruit and Other Flavors

Decanoic acid is pretty much an essential component of dairy flavors, but it can also enhance many other categories.

Thirty ppm of isoamyl alcohol fits in with the brighter components of blueberry, 20 ppm is ideal in blackberry, while 500 ppm is best in honey.

Isoamyl Alcohol in Fermented, Orchard, Berry and Other Fruit Flavors

This touchy material can seem harsh and unpleasant at high levels, but at modest levels, it can add brightness without becoming at all unpleasant.

Fragrance and Social Behavior

My research on fragrance and social behavior is concerned with how people use fragrances to create social images and to play social roles. As a social psychologist, I am well aware that people employ a wide variety of strategies and tactics, some subtle and others not-so-subtle, to control the images they convey to others. With the support of the Fragrance Research Fund, we are looking at the role that people’s choices of fragrances (that is, their perfumes, their colognes, their after-shaves) play in the fashioning of images.

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Green Fragrances for Cleaning Products: Compatibilities and Conflicts

Ladd Smith (RIFM) discusses the prospects for a working definition of sustainability, green and more.

The World Flavor and Fragrance Industry 1979-1981

Since 1979, the world flavor and fragrance industry has experienced a period of lower profitability brought about by lower nominal (calculated in current U.S. dollars and local currencies) and real (quantity) growth rates as well as increased competitive pressures. Table I analyses in detail worldwide sales of 35 public and private companies (16 individually and 19 collectively) during the period 1979-1981 (with growth rates in current U.S. dollars and local currencies).

Social Interaction and Fragrance Use: Personal Fragrance Use

A Summary of Research Conducted for the Fragrance Research Fund. Despite the widespread use of personal fragrances and their assumed influence on social behavior, there has been little research documenting such influence. The goal of the proposed study was to provide such documentation, to understand the role fragrances play in determining social behavior.

The Challenge of "Natural;" Flavor and Fragrance Trends

Highlights from the WFFC fall meeting

Q&A Followup: Global F&F Ingredient and Application Trends

Analyst Pauline Tang answers readers' questions

GC-FT/lR and the Analysis of Aromatic Essentials

In the area of instrumentation one can hope for the emergence of more. intense energy sources, a higher transmitting light pipe, and improved electronics; all resulting in significant reduction of sample size requirements. We would hope that current research efforts in GC-FT/IR-MS continue and that that type of dedicated instrument appears in the commercial sector.

Focused Flavor Creation: Using Qualitative and Quantitative Sensory Properties

Historically, most flavorists have not received training on how to create flavors but have instead learned by observation, trial and error, and a strong desire to learn. This approach is very time consuming, costly, and inefficient.

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Predictive Science + Emerging Technologies: Speeding Flavor and Fragrance Innovation

Accelerate discovery through predictive science, benefits of virtual screening, productivity and better knowledge management.

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2017 Leaderboard: Frutarom Expands and Cuts Costs for Growth

Through acquisitions and cost-cutting efforts, Frutarom has propelled growth through its entrance into emerging markets, earning the company its number seven position.

Regulatory Watch: Trans Fat, GRAS, Fragrance Guidelines and More

This article takes a closer look at industry regulations for the flavor and fragrance industry, including trans fat and fragrance guidelines.

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Confectionery Flavor Market Focuses on Innovation and Natural Solutions

Natural flavors, innovative flavor combinations and seasonal flavor profiles boost the marketplace.

Rose flavors have to be the natural home for damascenone, but it is interesting to try both ingredients in combination, using around 20 ppm of β-damascone.

β-Damascone in Orchard, Berry and Other Fruit Flavors

β-Damascone has an interesting cedar twist along with a superb damson character.

David Duncan (Unilever)

RIFM Addresses Cost Controls and Growing Transparency for Fragrance Industry

During the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials’ annual meeting, David Duncan (Unilever) presented a talk about the future challenges and consumer expectations facing the fragrance industry. P&F magazine presents highlights of the same.

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