Basf Aroma Ingredients expands Isobionics portfolio with new natural flavour

Isobionics, a Basf Aroma Ingredients brand, is launching a new natural product on the flavour market.

Isobionics Natural betaCaryophyllene 80 is the latest addition to the Isobionics portfolio, and is proof of the commitment to developing natural flavours driven by customer needs.

Isobionics Natural beta-Caryophyllene 80 will be presented for the first time at FlavourTalk Raw Materials Exhibition 2024, which will take place on March 20 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel Conference Centre in London.

“We are delighted to introduce Isobionics Natural beta-Caryophyllene 80 to the market; it’s a great addition to our portfolio of natural flavours. All our products are produced independent of the plant environment and harvest conditions and are pesticide-free,” says Giovanni D’Andola, flavour launch manager at Basf.

“Building on our cutting-edge fermentation technology, we’re constantly expanding our natural flavour portfolio beyond our well-established citrus products to address further customer and market demands,” D’Andola said.

Breaking new ground beyond the citrus portfolio, Isobionics is unlocking a world of new possibilities for food, beverage, and flavour enthusiasts by introducing the following new products:

• Isobionics Natural beta-Caryophyllene 80 has an herbaceous, slightly green, parsley, black pepper, grapefruit, slightly clary sage odour. The taste at 10 to 20 ppm is woody, grapefruit, citrus, mango and pear skin.
• Isobionics Natural beta-Caryophyllene 80 is not derived from clove oil and has the benefit of no phenolic and no eugenol character. This makes applications in citrus flavours like orange, grapefruit, black pepper, ylangylang and peppermint oils possible. With 80% purity, the product is suitable for a broad range of applications like beverages, food and fragrances. Basf said its cutting-edge fermentation technology lets it guarantee premium quality and reliable availability.
• Isobionics Natural beta-Caryophyllene 80 is compliant with EU and US food grade regulations, respectively FLAVIS: 01.007 and FEMA number 2252. The product is EU and US natural, pesticide-free1, kosher and halal certified.

The flavour ingredient – produced at very high concentration using fermentation technology – can be found not only in citrus essential oils, but also in several other natural oils, such as ylang-ylang, black pepper, clove, guava, thyme, rosemary, peppermint, eucalyptus, cinnamon, lavender and sage. This natural product uses only renewable raw materials, which makes it independent of harvest conditions and seasonality; it is also free of agricultural residues.

“Isobionics Natural beta-Caryophyllene 80 is another proof point for our customer-centric innovation, meeting our customers demands for fermentation-based natural flavors. We are proud to offer the next innovative aroma ingredient that prioritises quality and sustainability in the flavour industry,” says Steffen Götz, vice president of Aroma Ingredients at Basf.

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