With less than a week to go until Christmas, consumers continue to scramble for their favourite and flavourful festive treats ahead of the big day. However, this begs the question: where does the flavour of our favourite syrups and sweet treats really come from?
Many of these products contain high impact aroma chemicals which provide the taste and flavour. The chemicals produce the tastes of nuts, caramel, vanilla and more that are so familiar in our seasonal sweets.
The chemicals provide top notes to flavours, which hit the nose quickly and then dissipate. They can be combined to create a range of different aromas, each with unique top notes to create a distinctive impact. An example of this is when one opens a jar of instant coffee: a strong and intense coffee aroma hits the nose straight away and then subsides.
Robinson Brothers, a West Midlands-based developer and manufacturer of fine and speciality chemicals, is one firm that creates these high impact aroma chemicals at commercial scale. This expertise stems from the company’s partnership with Endeavour Speciality Chemicals, a business that it acquired back in 2008.
Endeavour is a specialist in small-to-medium scale manufacturing of high impact aroma chemicals. It now offers over 300 aroma products used by flavourists and offers custom synthesis and contract/toll manufacture services to support high impact aroma synthesis projects.
Robinson Brothers’ high impact aroma chemicals which find their way into so many of our seasonal favourites are sold exclusively by Treatt, the global supplier of food and flavour ingredients. The relationship between the business has been ongoing for almost 30 years, with a new long-term deal agreed between both parties last month, which will see that arrangement prolonged even further.
It is more than likely the case, therefore, that Robinson Brothers' chemical products are behind some of your favourite festive flavours. You may even be tucking into one right now!
Robinson Brothers is a leading UK chemical manufacturer of fine chemicals and rubber accelerators. Its team of chemists is comprised of experts in custom synthesis, contract manufacture and process optimisation. This vast experience has seen the firm become renown as a reliable supplier to organisations, serving various sectors including Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, Veterinary, Agrochemical and Speciality Chemical industries and more.
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