Swiss food ingredients company Evolva has launched valencene, an orange flavor and fragrance ingredient for use in several food applications.
Using Evolva's process, the ingredient can be produced in large quantities in sustainable, safe and affordable method, the company claims. Evolva's process is an alternative to extracting the ingredient from orange peel.
The company has come up with a cost-effective method to produce the ingredient and will soon begin shipping the pilot commercial samples to prospective clients in January.
Evolva CEO Neil Goldsmith said: "Valencene is a great addition to our growing product portfolio, nicely complementing the nootkatone franchise. It is also a good example of our business strategy, focusing on products with supply chain issues. As we concentrate on our core pathways, we are generating substantial synergies in terms of R&D, production as well as marketing."
Valencene is an orange flavour and fragrance ingredient used in food and beverage, personal care and household products, as well as catalyst in manufacturing nootkatone.
The conventional methods of producing valencene require its extraction from the skin of oranges, resulting in cost, supply and quality fluctuations depending on the harvest.
Additionally, the process is cumbersome and costly as it takes over one million kilograms of oranges to obtain one kilogram of valencene.
Evolva's products include stevia, resveratrol, vanillin, nootkatone and saffron. Apart from developing its own proprietary ingredients, Evolva also installs its technology for partners.
