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Definition of vanillin
: a crystalline phenolic aldehyde C8H8O3 that is extracted from vanilla beans or prepared synthetically and is used especially in flavoring and in perfumery
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One of the substances with the lowest odor detection threshold is vanillin, the main component of vanilla extract.
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Randall Munroe, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2020
Both are based on vanillin, a flavor compound that is also naturally present in wood, and that makes up about 2.5 percent of true vanilla’s flavor.
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Lior Lev Sercarz, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2016
In these air conditions, the researchers multiplied the vanillin content of an approximately 79 milliliter puff of vapor by over 12,000, Andrews said.
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Abigail Brone, courant.com, 30 July 2019
One recent study from Yale University found that vanillin — an extract of the vanilla bean — transforms into chemicals called acetals when aerosolized.
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NBC News, 3 Sep. 2019
Soaked into three small jugs recovered at a site in Megiddo was a sweet surprise: two of the main chemicals in vanilla—4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and vanillin, a compound that forms tiny white crystals on the pod’s surface as the bean ferments.
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Franz Lidz, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
Tong’s investigation arrives on the heels of a Yale study, which highlights some of the unknown dangers of vanillin, a popular e-liquid flavoring.
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Michael Hamad, courant.com, 6 Aug. 2019
The enzymes that transform the glucovanillin in the plant into vanillin – the molecule that gives vanilla its distinctive aroma – emerge only through curing.
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The Economist, 5 July 2019
Finkelstein thinks the vanillin probably arrived in the Middle East through extensive Bronze Age trade routes.
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Franz Lidz, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
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vanillin
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van·il·lin
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Medical Definition of vanillin
: a crystalline phenolic aldehyde C8H8O3 that is prepared synthetically or is obtained as the chief fragrant component of vanilla extracted from vanilla beans and that is used especially in flavoring and in perfumery
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The first known use of vanillin was circa 1868
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