What is vanillin

Introduction: Recently, the topic of "infant milk powder added vanillin, the baby drank addictive" once went crazy in the circle of mothers So, what is vanillin? Come and have a look with you! Vanillin is naturally found in tobacco, asparagus, coffee and vanilla It has a sweet and powdery bean flavor, slightly spicy but dry, vanilla aroma and strong milk flavor, with long-lasting fragrance So, what is vanillin? Let's introduce the small edition of Baibai safety net! Vanillin, also known as vanillin, is a widely used edible perfume, which can be found in vanilla seeds or synthesized artificially, with strong milk flavor It is widely used in various flavoring foods that need to add milk flavor, such as cakes, cold drinks, chocolate, candy, and can also be used in soap, toothpaste, perfume, rubber, plastics and pharmaceuticals Vanillin is a kind of food additive permitted by the state It will not cause harm to the body if added according to the national standard However, high-dose consumption can lead to headache, nausea, vomiting, dyspnea, and even damage the liver and kidney Domestic vanillin industry development trend: first of all, we should increase the development in the field of medicine With the rapid development of domestic pharmaceutical intermediates industry, vanillin will still have a large development space in this field About 45% of vanillin in foreign countries is used to produce pharmaceutical intermediates, while only 30% of vanillin is consumed in this field in China Compared with foreign countries, there is still a certain gap, so we should actively explore the application of vanillin in the field of pharmaceutical intermediates Secondly, we should speed up the upgrading of vanillin varieties As the aroma of ethyl vanillin is 3-4 times that of methyl vanillin, it has become a development trend to replace methyl vanillin in food, feed and other industries when green food is advocated Finally, the development of new technology should be strengthened The main production methods of vanillin are nitrosation and glyoxylic acid The process of nitrosation is backward and seriously polluted, which has been gradually eliminated in foreign countries However, China's vanillin production mainly uses nitrosation, which is facing increasing environmental pressure The glyoxylic acid process has stable operation, good product quality and less "three wastes", which is the development direction of vanillin production process Domestic enterprises should actively cooperate with scientific research institutes to break through the bottleneck of glyoxylic acid process Industrialization as soon as possible, and break the technical blockade of Europe and America to China The above is a brief introduction to what vanillin is, hoping to help you! If you want to know more about food safety Please pay more attention to Baibai Security Internet bar! Editor in charge: Wang Xiujuan