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Flavor Bites: iso-Butyric Acid

Exhibiting a complex character, iso-butyric acid is effective in a wide range of fruit and non-fruit flavors, particularly those outside of the dairy category.

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Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials: September 2016

This month's column features organoleptic discussions of white china tea distillate, mushroom distillate, rose distillate organic, boronia absolute Tasmanian and more.

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Flavor Bites: Acetal

With a similar odor profile to acetaldehyde, acetal’s odor is less pungent and adds freshness to a wide variety of profiles, especially juicy orange flavors.

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Flavor Bites: cis-3-Hexenol

Covering an exceptionally wide range of flavors, moderation is essential when using cis-3-Hexenol in formulations.

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Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials- November 2019

This month’s column features discussions on inca berry, habanero pepper essence, 2-butyl-2-octenal and more.

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Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials August 2018

This month’s column features discussions on cubeb oil, carvacrol natural, juniperberry oil, isoamyl salicylate natural and more

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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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Flavor Bites: Ethyl Lactate

While not a highly recognizable component of any flavor, ethyl lactate adds complexity, e.g., in the wines in my cellar.

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Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials: October 2017

This month's column features organoleptic discussions on chipotle pepper distillate, oak extract American, Black Korakundah tea extract and more.

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Flavor Bites: Lauric Acid

Though largely used in dairy flavor applications, lauric acid with its mild long-lasting taste effect and mild odor can also be used in a range of savory, fruit and fermented flavors.

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Flavor Bites: Ethyl phenyl acetate

Though it shines in honey flavors, enhancing clove and bright floral notes, ethyl phenyl acetate’s soft profile in comparison to its fellow esters offers a wide range of applications, including hydrolyzed vegetable protein, green tea and more.

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Flavor Bites: Pent-3-en-2-one

Despite its limited usage and subtle role in a profile, this is an ingredient that flavorists could make much more use of to brighten an unusually wide range of flavors.

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2011's Top 10 Flavor Trends for Beverage, Sweet and Savory Applications

Bell Flavors & Fragrances predicts the big trends in flavors for 2011.

Reflections of a Retired Flavorist Before He Forgets: Raspberry

More recently the trend towards “natural" and the loose interpretation of "natural" has modified the standard for raspberry flavor. For example, the original Firmenich flavor contained important ingredients not yet considered or available in a “natural” form. Also the green notes, of importance to natural raspberry flavor, were not in that original flavor. As of this writing, we have not seen a natural raspberry ketone, but if and when it arrives, the target for raspberry will once again change.

Flavor Chocolate Trends from 2007

Mintel investigates the top flavors for chocolate products released in 2007, including strawberry, almond, hazelnut, caramel and peanut butter

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European Flavor Material Exhibition Highlights

Focus on new and natural ingredients.

Raspberry Ketone

It has a berry, sweet, woody odor; a raspberry, ripe, jammy, seedy character; and a fruity, berry, raspberry and blueberry flavor with seedy, cotton candy nuances.

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Profiles: Sara Marino

This month's Profiles column features Sara Marino, senior flavorist at Blue California.

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