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gamma-Hexalactone

This ingredient is one of the most useful hay notes, adding depth and succulence.

Five hundred ppm of gamma-octalactone is very effective in cereal flavors. Lower levels can also be useful in pizza dough and bread flavors.

gamma-Octalactone in Savory, Berry, Tropical, Orchard, Alcoholic and Other Flavors

Should we really limit ourselves to copying nature? The choice boils down to an entertaining, win-win contest between authenticity and creativity.

One thousand ppm is ideal in most flavors but, cost permitting, 2,000 ppm is even more effective in wild strawberry profiles.

gamma-Dodecalactone in Orchard, Tropical, Berry and Dairy flavors

gamma-Dodecalactone adds a very realistic depth of taste when used as a junior partner to gamma-decalactone.

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Synthesizing the Future

How can brands, suppliers and the F&F industry as a whole create the message that synthetics are safe and effective to use for consumers, and for the planet?

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Editor's Note: Synthetics: Safe, Sustainable and Stigmatized

We experience a variety of synthetic versions of naturals in our daily lives. But the mission is the same: to create a compelling, engaging, quality experience for the listener.

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Scent & Spirit: Shamanism and Scent

What does mysticism smell like? We venture away from the glossy perfume counters of today and into the fumes of the past where our ancestors used scent as a portal to explore transcendence and magic.

Saccharin—the sweet and sour saga

The focus on saccharin highlights the basic deficiencies in the criteria by which food ingredients are evaluated for safety, particularly when the spector of cancer hangs overhead. The existing evaluation of all aspects of the safety of saccharin has caused an improvement in the safety evaluation proceedings and the benefits have impacted throughout the food industry, its regulators, and the scientific disciplines they rely upon.

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Sweet, Savory and Sustainable: A New Era of Snacking

As consumers are continuing to switch to better-for-you products, the snack market is meeting the challenge with innovation, functional benefits and flavorful options.

With snacking on the rise, this is the perfect time for flavorists to flex their creative muscles.

Salty, Spicy, Sweet: What’s Next in Snacking

As people snack more, larger consumer behavioral shifts are impacting the snacking space.

Art, Science and Society: Keys to Sensory Success

The 21st Century has already set a sensory revolution in motion that will expand and change the fragrance industry as it creates a society eager for products and services that improve the quality of life and sense of well being of the consumer.

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Soap Steps into the Sustainable Era

A classic category is revived in the age of sustainability.

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Sights on Sub-Sahara

How can we learn from China to navigate the fragrance opportunity in Africa?

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The Sustainability Sweet Spot

The need for agricultural land has grown three- to fivefold in the last 10 years. Our industry’s natural raw materials are under unprecedented demand pressure, and supply cannot keep up. Prices of naturals have increased 25–35% in the last two to three years, while competition amongst flavor and fragrance houses to secure their needs of botanical ingredients is higher than ever.

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Strategies of Survival and Success for F&F Middle Market Suppliers

Should you dance with the big boys or have your own party?

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Safety Solutions Make Perfect Sense for Scents and Flavors

Learn how a world-renowned flavors producer is meeting global regulatory compliance, improving efficiency and spending more time doing what they love - creating fun flavors that pass the taste test.

Value-added Strategies for Savory Flavor Systems

Wixon’s recent projects reflect the industry’s move to expand services and innovate in protein products.

The Sweet Smell of Standards

We can conclude with confidence that the demand for new international standards in the field of essential oils will continue to grow. We need such standards to facilitate world trade and to promote the quality of the products.

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Safety Solutions Make Perfect Sense for Scents and Flavors

Learn how a world-renowned flavors producer is meeting global regulatory compliance, improving efficiency and spending more time doing what they love - creating fun flavors that pass the taste test.

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