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Category: Food
Methyl anthanilate occurs naturally in grapes, along with a suite of other aroma compounds, which combine to give that complex, earthy, bright grape juice aroma....
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Plants need nitrogen. You're soaking in it - the air is 78% N2 Trouble is, the kind of nitrogen plants need is reduced (i.e., has more electrons) relative to dinitrogen in the air. In the past, this meant rotating crops...
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Erythorbic acid is a common food additive:...
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In the news this week: aminopyralid:...
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Category: Food
Triacetin is the glycerol triester of acetic acid:...
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Phytic acid is an inositol derivative:...
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Category: Food
Inositol is a sugar:...
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Category: Food
Lutein is just another carotenoid - like the previously covered retinal, it is a terpene....
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Category: Food
4-ethylphenol is a simple substituted phenol. It smells like band-aids....
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Category: Food
5-nitro-2-propoxyaniline is a potent artificial sweetener:...
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