Vanillin Applications and Its Other Functions

Vanillin is the first flavor synthesized by man, an important fragrance extracted from the vanilla bean of the family Rutaceae, and is one of the most productive species of synthetic fragrances. It is the largest variety in the fragrance industry and is the main ingredient of the popular creamy vanilla flavor. Vanillin has a wide range of uses, and we introduce them to you.

Common uses

Food flavoring, in the production of candy, pastry with aromatic effect, can enhance the creamy scent of food.

Cosmetic fragrance, as a synthetic fragrance, has a perfuming and scenting effect on daily products.

Pharmaceutical industry, in the pharmaceutical industry can produce intermediates and some antibacterial agents.

Chemical industry, it can be used to defoam and enhance the brightness of electroplating.

Characteristic

Vanillin has strong and unique fragrance of vanilla bean, stable fragrance, not easy to volatilize at higher temperature. It is easily affected by light and oxidized gradually in the air, and easily discolored by alkali or alkaline substances. It is especially widely used in candy, chocolate, beverages, ice cream, and wine, and is also useful in tobacco flavoring. It is also an important flavor enhancer for beverages and food. Also used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical L-dopa, methyldopa, etc. Also used as a brightening agent for nickel and chromium metal plating.   

Other roles

Food storage and preservation

Compared with chemical preservatives, natural preservatives have the advantages of being harmless to the environment, lower production cost, good biocompatibility and good preservation effect. Vanillin in food can be accurately detected by UV-Vis spectrophotometry, chromatography, electrophoresis and other conventional methods, and is a food preservative with high safety.

Antibacterial

Vanillin is a natural antibacterial agent, often combined with other antibacterial methods in the food field, and vanillin has different antibacterial effects on different strains of bacteria. In the current production process, heat sterilization is still the most common sterilization method in juice processing, but the traditional sterilization method often leads to the destruction of nutrients in the juice, product browning and other problems. 

Anti-oxidation

Vanillin accelerates the scavenging of free radicals mainly through the oxidation product vanillic acid. The antioxidant effect of vanillin can significantly extend the shelf life of oil-containing foods and mask their sour taste.

Stabilization of food ingredients

It has been proved that the reaction products of vanillin can help stabilize other ingredients in food: resveratrol is a natural functional ingredient, and in order to improve its stability and give full play to its functional effects, the net-like chitosan microspheres formed by the reaction between vanillin and chitosan can help control the release of resveratrol; the condensation products of vanillin and amino groups have good ability to complex with metal ions, which can effectively improve the stability of the substances it encapsulates. [4] 

Ethyl vanillin is mainly used as fragrance and flavoring in pharmaceutical manufacturing, mostly in liquid preparations containing glycerol and ethanol as diluents, but also in semi-solid and solid preparations, such as creams and punches. In the food industry, the field of use is the same as vanillin, especially for dairy-based food flavoring agent, can be used alone or in combination with vanillin, glycerin, etc.

Zancheng life sciences work on f&f industry, we are reputable vanillin suppliers as well as ethyl vanillin suppliers in China, Our capacity can reach to 2, 000mt/a for Vanillin and 1,000mt/a for Ethyl Vanillin.

If you need to buy vanillin for your food factory, or if you need vanillin for your cosmetic manufacturing process, please contact us to buy.