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Methyl Salicylate, or Oil of Wintergreen

Methyl salicylate is an aromatic ester whose principal natural source is wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) and sweet birch (Betula lenta) plants. Its history is intertwined with that of salicylic acid and its other derivatives, all of which were recognized by early man as having theraputic values.

The best level of addition to blackcurrant flavors is around 100 ppm.

Methyl Salicylate in Berry, Fruit, Alcoholic Drinks & Other Flavors

See how this flavorist's relationship with methyl salicylate while transitioning from Europe to the U.S.

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Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials

This month's column features organoleptic discussions on 2-Butanone, Ethyl levulinate, Methyl salicylate and more.

Flavor Bites: Ethyl Salicylate

This article explores the wide uses of ethyl salicylate in a variety of flavor categories including berry, fruit, and brown flavors.

Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials

Organoleptic evaluations on anisole, n-butyl salicylate, caryophyllene alcohol and more.

An Aroma Chemical Profile: Menthol

L-menthol can be described as unique for its cooling sensation on the skin and mucous membranes. Although other materials are known to display this cooling effect, almost all of them are derivatives of l-menthol.

Progress in Essential Oils

Brian Lawrence discusses Artemisia annua Oil, Scotch Spearmint Oil, Spanish Oregano Oil

Reflections of a Retired Flavorist Before He Forgets: Cocoa

In keeping with today’s irrational demand for natural products and the even more ridiculous activity of our industry, supplying these in ever mom concentrated form, the use of natural amino acids and sugars to obtain a natural reacted end-product plus added pure vanilla, cocoa distillate or extract, and traces of essential oils (such as Bois de Rose for its Iinalool content ) results in quite satisfactory, less expensive and more concentrated “natural coca or chocolate flavors.

Detection of new trace constituents in the essential oils of Cymbopogon flexuosus

The essential oil of lemongrass is derived chiefly from two important species of Cymbopogon, C. flexuosus, which has been the subject of numerous investigations, and C. citratus, C. flexuosus (Stend.) Wats (sym. Andropogon nardus var. flexuosus Hack), is native to India. Its two strains, SD-68 and OD-19, which have been cultivated at our Kukrail Research Farm, Lucknow, were examined by gas chromatography and the presence of new trace constituents was established for the first time.

Creative Contribution of Natural Substances in Present Day Perfumery

Because nature makes such good use of the chemical substances it produces, and because nature shows the path to follow, why then should not perfumers do so as well to the limit of their capabilities? In the realm of technology there are many disciplines that derive both their knowledge and their know-how from nature, and perfumery is one of these disciplines.

Eucalyptol

Eucalyptol shares with eugenol the rare distinction of being one of two large-volume aroma chemicals whose supply is totally natural.

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Newest Manufactured Product 4-Methylpentyl 4-methylvalerate

Sigma-Aldrich, a part of MilliporeSigma, strives to provide you with the newest and the most hard-to-find FEMA flavor ingredients. We manufacturer our 4-methylpentyl 4-methylvalerate so that it has clean and delightful nuances for fruity and herbal formulations.

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Newest Manufactured Product 4-Methylpentyl 4-methylvalerate

Sigma-Aldrich, a part of MilliporeSigma, strives to provide you with the newest and the most hard-to-find FEMA flavor ingredients. We manufacturer our 4-methylpentyl 4-methylvalerate so that it has clean and delightful nuances for fruity and herbal formulations.

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Adding Complexity to Beverage Fruit Flavors: 2-Methyl Butyl 2-Methyl Butyrate

Many fruit flavors contain significant quantities of aliphatic esters. Analyses often reveal frightening complexities, like finding more than 100 different aliphatic esters in strawberries. The two most common approaches to tackling this daunting problem, however, lie at opposite ends of the creative spectrum.

Ethyl Methyl Phenyl Glycidate

An aroma chemical profile, ethyl methyl phenyl glycidate. It belongs to a group of flavor and fragrance materials that illustrate the type of nomenclature prevalent in the aroma chemical industry in the first few decades of this century.

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Flavor Bites: 2-Methylthiophene

2-Methylthiophene can significantly brighten and add realism to an unusually wide range of flavors without becoming obtrusive.

2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one

All too often, meat flavors are hollowed out caricatures of the real thing. The missing middle notes are always the hardest part to recreate. 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one (FEMA# 3373, CAS# 3188-00-9) has a deceptively light and simple aroma; however, it can be used to good effect as a middle note in almost any cooked flavor category. The present discussion covers this a variety of additional uses for it.

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Flavor Bites: Anethole

Outside aniseed categories this chemical can be surprisingly useful in a wide range of flavors at much lower levels of addition, adding subtle nuances that are not remotely recognizable as aniseed.

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