Flavor Testing
As Heat-not-burn (Tobacco Heated Products), e-liquids and oral nicotine products continue to evolve, flavorings are becoming a more important component of these products. Labstat offers the most comprehensive flavor testing services in the world to support both product development and regulatory testing.
Flavor Testing Services
| Group | Instrument | Analytes |
|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | GC-MS | (E)-hexen-2-al, (S)-(+)-carvone, 2-, 3- and 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, 2,4-heptadienal, 2-methoxybenzaldehyde, 3-methoxybenzaldehyde, 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, 6-methylcoumarin, acetophenone, benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, coumarin, ethyl salicylate, eucalyptol, eugenol, furfural, guaiacol, methyl phenylacetate, methyl vanillin, nonanal, phenylacetaldehyde, piperonal, α-ionone, γ-nonalactone |
| Group 2 | GC-MS | (-)-β-citronellol, (S)-limonene, 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, 2,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2-ethyl-3,(5 and 6)-dimethylpyrazine, 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol, 4-vinyl guaiacol, 6,10-dimethyl-5,9-undecadien-2-one, benzyl benzoate, ethyl phenylacetate, hexanol, isoamyl phenylacetate, methyl cinnamate, methyl dihydrojasmonate, phenethyl alcohol, phenethyl phenylacetate, sclareolide, trans-β-ionone, γ-decalactone, γ-dodecalactone , γ-hexalactone, γ-octalactone, γ-undecalactone, γ-valerolactone, δ-decalactone, δ-octalactone |
| Group 3 | GC-MS | (Z)-β-damascone, 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine, 4-methylacetophenone, 6-methyl-3,5-heptadien-2-one, acetanisole, acetylpyrazine, isophorone, l-carvone, linalool, l-menthone, menthone, methyl salicylate, propenyl guaethol, thymol, trans-3-hexen-1-ol, trans-anethole, β-damascenone, β-ionone |
| Group 4 | GC-MS | (R)-limonene, 2,3-diethylpyrazine, 2-ethyl-3-methylpyrazine, 2-heptanone, cinnamyl alcohol, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, ethyl maltol, ethyl vanillin, geraniol, isobutyl alcohol, methyl linolenate, methyl-cyclopentenolone, salicylaldehyde, vanillin, γ-heptalactone |
| Group 5 | GC-MS | 2-methylbutyric acid, acetic acid, butyric acid, cinnamaldehyde, decanoic acid, ethyl lactate, farnesol, hexanoic acid, isobutyric acid, isovaleric acid, lauric acid, octanoic acid |
| Group 6 | GC-MS | (1R)-(-)-neomenthyl acetate, (1S)-(+)-neomenthyl acetate, 3-methylbutyraldehyde, benzyl acetate, benzyl formate, bornyl acetate, cis-3-hexenyl formate, citronellol, citronellyl propionate, ethyl butyrate, ethyl heptanoate, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl isovalerate, ethyl nonanoate, ethyl propionate, furfuryl acetate, geranyl acetate, geranyl butyrate, geranyl formate, geranyl propionate, hexyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, isoamyl formate, isoamyl hexanoate, isoamyl isovalerate, menthyl acetate, methyl anthranilate, methyl benzoate, methyl trans-cinnamate, neomenthyl acetate, phenethyl acetate, p-tolyl acetate, terpineol, trans-3-hexenyl acetate, α-terpineol, γ-terpineol |
| Group 7 | GC-MS | 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5h)-furanone (EHMF), caffeine, glycyrrhizic acid, maltol, p-anisyl alcohol, raspberry ketone, triethyl citrate |
| Group 8.1 | GC-MS | citric acid, levulinic acid, phenylacetic acid |
| Group 8.2 | GC-MS | lactic acid |
| Group 10 | GC-MS | ethyl acetate |
| Raspberry Ketone and α-Ionone | GC-MS (SIM) | raspberry ketone, α-ionone |
| Peppermint Oil | GC-MS (SIM) | (R)-limonene, , l-menthone, menthol, menthone isomer, menthyl acetate, neomenthol |
| Nerol | GC-MS (SIM) | nerol |
| Aromatic Flavourants | GC-MS (SIM) | (-)-terpinen-4-ol, carvone, germacrene D, menthofuran, menthol, pulegone, viridiflorol, α-terpinene, α-terpineol, β-damascenone, β-damascone, γ-decalactone, γ-terpinene, δ-decalactone, δ-dodecalactone |
| Limonene | GC-MS (SIM) | (R)-limonene |
| Group A | GC-MS (SIM) | butyl acetate, hexanal, isoamyl acetate, octanoic acid |
| Group C | GC-MS (SIM) | (R)-limonene, citral A, citral B, citronellyl acetate, methyl cinnamate, methyl salicylate, γ-decalactone, δ-decalactone |
| Group E | GC-MS (SIM) | 1-butanol, benzyl acetate, ethyl acetate, furfural, isoamyl acetate, isobutyl acetate, methyl acetate |
| Group G | GC-MS (SIM) | 4-methoxybenzaldehyde |
| Open scan and semi-quantification | GC-MS | Please contact your representative for more information |