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Tonka bean has been banned as a food ingredient in the United States since 1954. Not restricted. Not pending review. Banned. Meanwhile, in France, pastry chefs grate it over desserts the way we use vanilla. That gap almost never gets ...

Yesterday was World Ocean Day, so the entire Aromatech team traded the lab and the office for something a little different. We headed out to Cocoa Beach on Florida's Space Coast for a full beach cleanup day, and it was ...

To celebrate World Ocean Day, our team joined the CSR 2026 / Blue Shield initiative to learn about and protect our seas! We explored coastal nature and worked together to collect 137 kg of trash! 🚮🌱 Thank you everyone for ...

This Sunday is World Food Safety Day. The theme for 2026: "From burden to solutions, safe food everywhere." At Aromatech US, our team in Orlando marked the occasion with something out of the ordinary. Our Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs ...

"Natural strawberry type flavor." You've seen it on a label. You've probably moved past it. But that one word, type, carries a lot of weight in formulation. Here's what it means. Under FDA regulations, a natural X type flavor is ...