Almond (benzaldehyde) Flavour Standard
The Almond Flavour Standard is primarily used by professional tasters to recognise and measure the intensity of the almond/benzaldehyde character in beverages.
The almond flavour, often associated with benzaldehyde, is a distinctive aromatic compound used in food and beverage industries. Benzaldehyde, a naturally occurring component in almonds, is responsible for the characteristic almond-like taste and scent.
Benzaldehyde is generally recognized as safe for flavouring in small quantities. However, as a concentrated standard, it should be handled carefully, as it can be irritating to the skin and eyes if improperly managed.
In sensory training, the almond flavour standard serves to help tasters recognize benzaldehyde’s unique profile in both food and beverages.
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What is Almond Flavour?
The almond flavour is a unique aromatic profile primarily attributed to benzaldehyde, a compound naturally found in almonds. It is characterised by :
Aroma notes : Sweet, nutty, and slightly floral
Taste profile : Woody, buttery, and fruity, with hints of cherry, marzipan, and apricot
Applications : Commonly used in beverages, baked goods, and confectionery to enhance sensory appeal
What Causes Almond Flavour?
The almond flavour can arise from various natural and production-related factors :
In alcoholic beverages :
– Caused by oxidation and ageing effects during storage
– Found in certain beer styles, such as fruit beers, where benzaldehyde is part of the flavour profile
In non-alcoholic beverages :
– Occurs as a carryover flavour during production when bottling systems are not thoroughly cleaned after processing cherry or other flavourings
Almond flavour in coffee :
– A sweet, light brown, woody, and buttery aromatic with floral and fruity notes that may include
Using the Almond Flavour Standard for Sensory Training
The Almond Flavour Standard is an essential reference for sensory training, helping tasters recognise and evaluate the unique profile of benzaldehyde in food and beverages. It is widely used in :
Professional tasting panels : To ensure consistency and accuracy in flavour profiling
Quality control : To detect and measure almond-like notes in beverages
Product development : To refine and balance flavour profiles in new formulations
How to Recognise Almond Flavour : Sensory Terms
When identifying almond flavour, tasters often describe it using the following sensory terms :
Almond : The primary nutty and sweet note
Cherry/Cherry stone : A fruity undertone reminiscent of cherries
Marzipan : A sweet, almond-based confectionery aroma
In coffee, almond flavour is described as a sweet, light brown, woody, and buttery aromatic with floral and fruity notes, including rose, cherry, and apricot. It may also have astringent or slightly smoky characteristics.
What are the Professional Applications of the Almond Flavour Standard?
The Almond (Benzaldehyde) Flavour Standard is widely used across industries for various professional applications :
Brewing and beverage industry :
– Ensures consistent flavour profiles in beer, coffee, and other beverages
– Recommended by organisations like the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) and the European Brewing Chemists (EBC)
Sensory analysis :
– Used in sensory training programs to help tasters identify and quantify almond-like notes
– Included in flavour wheels such as the Beer Flavour Wheel (Number: 0224) and the SCA Taster’s Flavour Wheel under “Nutty Cocoa > Nutty > Almond”
Quality assurance :
– Helps detect off-flavours caused by oxidation, storage conditions, or production carryover
Other Information
Our Almond Flavour Standard guarantees precise and consistent almond notes in beverages, following industry benchmarks.
Beer Flavour Wheel Number : 0224
SCA Taster’s Flavour Wheel : Nutty Cocoa > Nutty > Almond
Typical concentration seen – 1 ug to 10 mg / l
Recommended flavour standard / sensory reference standard of: the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) and the European Brewing Chemists (EBC)
FlavorActiV GMP Flavour Standards
Only Pharmaceutical Quality GMP Flavour Standards provide sufficient quality for professional sensory panels to train and validate with.
We produce encapsulated GMP (Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice) Flavour Standards that are safe to both smell and drink. The compounds within our capsules impart the aroma, taste and mouthfeel of a specific defect or positive flavour into a beverage for the purposes of taster training, calibration and quality control.
Our individual flavour GMP Flavour Standards are sold by flavour, each flavour pack contains 5 capsules, each separately blister packaged. Our sensory kits contain a mixture of flavours, each separately blister packaged, read the product description for flavour details.
We ship globally, and have over 20 years of experience at it. Our GMP Pharmaceutical Flavour Standards are produced to the highest standards, and as such, their shelf-life is strong and their quality consistent.
FlavorActiV’s flavour centre is the world’s only pharmaceutically run facility dedicated to the production of flavour reference standards. The Flavour Centre is a state-of-the-art facility housed within the campus of world-renowned Quay Pharma near Liverpool in the U.K.
The Flavour Centre was designed by FlavorActiV from the ground up at the direct request of global customers as they looked to move away from inferior food grade ‘certified flavour standards’ to GMP Pharma, a standard that ensures safe, stable, traceable, consistent and long shelf-life products.
All FlavorActiV’s industry-leading encapsulated flavour standards are manufactured following GMP at our Flavour Centre. All aspects of manufacture are overseen by Quay Pharma who are audited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory agency (MHRA). We also welcome customer audits.
Only FlavorActiV GMP flavour standard capsules bear our mark of authenticity.
We brand each of our capsules so that our customers know they’re getting the Pharmaceutical GMP Quality that only FlavorActiV provide.
Industry leading packaging and shelf-life
FlavorActiV flavour standards are blister packaged, which extends shelf-life and protects capsules from potential contamination. The average shelf-life of FlavorActiV flavour standards is 18 months to 4 years, depending on the flavour compounds.
We will never ship in pots or plastic packaging, here’s why…
Blister packaging protects capsules from the environment until they are ready for use. Blister packaging greatly reduces the amount of headspace for possible flavour escape. As each capsule individually blister packaged, making use of one capsule still leaves all others protected. FlavorActiV Flavour Standard packaging is 100% recyclable, as opposed to polypropylene which is not widely recycled.
Pots are semi-porous, they allow molecules to pass through and flavour to be lost, their significant headspace also adds to substantial flavour escape as a gas, even when using just one capsule all those remaining in the pot are exposed.
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