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2019 Leaderboard: Givaudan Focuses on 2020 Strategy

The company continued its position as the global industry leader in flavors and fragrances, overcoming challenges to raw material prices and supply disruptions in fragrance ingredients.

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2019 Leaderboard: IFF Strengthens Position With Frutarom

Closing the Frutarom acquisition in Oct. 2018, the company saw Frutarom contribute $359.6 million to its core business.

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21st Century Leap of Fragrance

Do we have more to offer our sense of smell than the next niche fragrance?

The Future of Fluorocarbons, Status Report

Our research effort continues with other fluorocarbon compounds, which may offer better end use performance and economic characteristics than those provided by FC-22 and FC142b. The goal is to find propellants that present the greatest consumer advantages should circumstances dictate the replacement of the propellants presently used.

Continuous Steam Distillation of Essential Oils

A continuous process for steam distillation of essential oils was described in a previous article. Due to the continued widespread interest in this subject, we’ll provide further insight into the details of the process, as well as equipment specifications and cost estimates for distillation plants of various sizes.

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No Magic Bullet in Stevia-masking

As consumers continue to demand healthier beverages without sacrificing flavor and mouthfeel, stevia presents both a solution and multiple technical hurdles. “The product causes issues with taste and requires highly customized masking,” Weisz explains.

Sticking To The Fundamentals At Firmenich

To be at the top of your game and a leader in a highly competitive field such as the flavor and fragrance industry, you have to have a strong foundation, which means first learning and then mastering the fundamentals. There are, of course, advanced skills to learn and refine, but when it comes down to it, it all comes back to that foundation. Geneva-based flavor and fragrance giant Firmenich has taken the fundamentals to a new level.

Studies of some balsamics in perfumery

The most important natural balsams used in perfumery are benzoin, cistus, copáiba, galbanum, myrrh, labdanum, olibanum, opoponax, peru, styrax and tolu. Of these, we studied the chemical composition of the following balsamic products:

A Royal Story About Myrtle

What did Queen Elizabeth really smell? Our perfumers characterize the myrtle oil from the fore-mentioned plant material as refreshing, eau de Cologne-like; sweet aromatic; spicy, laurel-like; and balsamic, However, we do not yet have sufficient knowledge about which components are responsible for all the olfactive properties, because at least 50 percent of the constituents are unknown, especially oxygenated sesquiterpenes and substituted phenylpropanoids.

Spices: quality control and standards

Opening Pandora's box is always a surprise. Some of Pandora's surprises by their very nature, have been shown to be highly interesting problems. The cooperation of science with the flavor trade and industry may lead to their solution. Let us hope this will be to the satisfaction of everyone involved.

State of Export-Oriented Aroma Industry in Shanghai

We have reason to believe that China, Shanghai in particular, will be one of the stable and reliable supply sources and major consumption marketing for our industry worldwide.

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In Safety Testing We Trust: Strengthening Natural Evaluation

Safety evaluation for natural flavor complexes will clearly strengthen the safety support for natural products themselves, as well as for the consumer products in which they are contained.

Study compares Brontide natural butylene glycol to three common diluents.

Genomatica Study Shows Sustainable Diluent Improves Fragrance Performance

Study compares Brontide natural butylene glycol to three common diluents.

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BioNootkatone, the Gold Standard for Natural Nootkatone

Woody, peely, and bursting with juicy nuance, BioNootkatone is an indispensable ingredient for natural citrus flavor creation. Developed through biotechnology, it is sustainable and independent of the citrus supply chain.

A chemometric study of human odor perception

Thus this work suggests that, from this data set, the human odor sensory spectrum can be. explained by the existence of a two-dimensional continuum with the coordinates (odor) of a molecule determined by its directed dipole and electron donor-acceptor ability. This result is pleasantly straightforward and makes a trained expert’s ability to distinguish thousands of different odors reasonable.

The Story Behind the Launch of Sophia

They used to say that the fragrance and cosmetic industries were recession proof. Obviously, that is not true. But I think we are definitely more recession resistant than many, many other industries, After all, a new creative fragrance and a new marketing strategy do not require great capital expenditures. We do not have to build a new plant or put new smokestacks on our existing plants. All we need is the enthusiasm and the devotion that our great industry built.

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2019 Leaderboard: Takasago Focuses on Global Strategy

As the company nears the end of its 10-year global business plan, the company is focusing on strengthening cooperation and collaboration between group companies and has invested in new infrastructure.

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