Flavours and Fragrances

The Flavour and Fragrance Industry--Past, Present, and Future.- Flavours: the Legal Framework.- Olfaction, where Nutrition, Memory and Immunity Intersect.- Chemistry of Essential Oils.- Bioactivity of Essential Oils and Their Components.- Citrus Flavour.- Fruits and Vegetables of Moderate Climate.- Tropical Fruit Flavour.- Vanilla.- Flavour of Spirit Drinks: Raw Materials, Fermentation, Distillation, and Ageing.- Wine Aroma.- The Maillard Reaction: Source of Flavour in Thermally Processed Foods.- Chemical Conversions of Natural Precursors.- Industrial Quality Control.- Advanced Instrumental Analysis and Electronic Noses.- Gas Chromatography--Olfactometry of Aroma Compounds.- Enantioselective and Isotope Analysis--Key Steps to Flavour Authentication.- Flavour-Isolation Techniques.- Aroma Recovery by Organophilic Pervaporation.- Encapsulation of Fragrances and Flavours: a Way to Control Odour and Aroma in Consumer Products.- Creation and Production of Liquid and Dry Flavours.- Enzymes and Flavour Biotechnology.- Microbial Flavour Production.- Microbial Processes.- The Production of Flavours by Plant Cell Cultures.- Genetic Engineering of Plants and Microbial Cells for Flavour Production.