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We eat many different kinds of foods every day. Do you know the secret to making food
much more delicious? It is generally termed flavor, and that is where various aromatic
chemicals play an important role in producing dramatic effects. Flavors are used for a wide
variety of foods throughout the world and therefore comprise a long list that includes diverse
items.
Here in the Flavor Development Dept., we develop various flavors and associated products
to meet widely varying users' needs. Upon receiving an order, our perfumer begins with
formulating the flavor that he feels would best suit the customer's requirements. Development
of a flavor should be based on the faithful reproduction of the taste of a food using natural and
chemically synthesized materials. For example, what may be termed strawberry flavor can
include the flavor of ripe strawberries, a few green ones, strawberries made into jam or
strawberries of a different variety in addition to some modifications required by other
applications such as ice cream, candies or baked pastries. A flavor thus formulated will
undergo trials to test its performance in the actual application to ascertain that it fulfills the customer's requirements before we offer it to the customer. Although only a very small
quantity is used in food, a flavor is an important ingredient determining the gastronomic value.
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