Product Description
Strawberry flavour denotes blends of approved and well-defined chemical substances and extracts with a sweet, fruity and strawberry olfactory and gustatory profile for use in oral pharmaceutical products as flavourings. Strawberry plants exhibit considerable chemical diversity, with up to 81 different compounds cited as being pertinent to strawberry flavour. While there is no consensus on which substances are flavour defining, a select few substances are considered to positively correlate with strawberry flavour intensity, and include linalool; ethyl butyrate; methyl butyrate; and 32,5-Dimethyl-4-methoxy-3 (2H)-furanone, Note that when ‘Natural Strawberry flavouring’ is specified, this usually denotes flavouring substances naturally identified in nature and obtained by appropriate physical, enzymatic or microbiological steps from material of plant origin. On the other hand, ‘Artificial Strawberry flavouring’ denotes any flavouring substances that are not defined as natural, even if they have the exact same chemical composition as those isolated directly from nature. The distinction between natural or artificial flavourings has no bearing on how safe, healthy, or appealing they are.