How to Use vanillin in a Sentence

vanillin

noun

• Thanks to the addition of vanillin and cloves, Golden Hour actually smells good.
  — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 23 July 2021
• In 2014, the group approached Nestlé requesting a statement regarding the use of synbio vanillin in its Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
  — David Ferry, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2015
• Finkelstein thinks the vanillin probably arrived in the Middle East through extensive Bronze Age trade routes.
  — Franz Lidz, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• One of the substances with the lowest odor detection threshold is vanillin, the main component of vanilla extract.
  — Randall Munroe, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2020
• Both are based on vanillin, a flavor compound that is also naturally present in wood, and that makes up about 2.5 percent of true vanilla’s flavor.
  — Lior Lev Sercarz, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2016
• So much sulfur made it into the stratosphere that sulfuric acid as strong as battery acid rained across the planet, indicated by traces of vanillin in fossil soils from that time.
  — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2017
• Chemically, guaiacol is similar to a lot of other whiskey aroma compounds like vanillin (with the scent of vanilla) and limonene (citrus).
  — Jenna Gallegos, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2017
• Tong’s investigation arrives on the heels of a Yale study, which highlights some of the unknown dangers of vanillin, a popular e-liquid flavoring.
  — Michael Hamad, courant.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• One recent study from Yale University found that vanillin — an extract of the vanilla bean — transforms into chemicals called acetals when aerosolized.
  — NBC News, 3 Sep. 2019
• The enzymes that transform the glucovanillin in the plant into vanillin – the molecule that gives vanilla its distinctive aroma – emerge only through curing.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2019
• The presence of vanillin and 4-hydroxbenzaldehyde also isn’t enough to reveal exactly where in the world vanilla was being harvested at the time, how it was used, or what eventually happened to the crop.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2018
• Soaked into three small jugs recovered at a site in Megiddo was a sweet surprise: two of the main chemicals in vanilla—4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and vanillin, a compound that forms tiny white crystals on the pod’s surface as the bean ferments.
  — Franz Lidz, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• According to distillers, charring the barrel opens up the wood to allow more interaction with the whiskey, releases flavor compounds like vanillin, and acts as a filter to remove unwanted notes.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2021
• Because both chemical compounds are similar, the microbes could easily transform the acid into vanillin.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2021
• The ingredients listed on the packaging are: unbleached enriched flour, sugar, palm and/or canola oil, cocoa, high fructose corn syrup, leavening, corn starch, salt, soy lecithin, vanillin, and unsweetened chocolate.
  — Jamie Ballard, Good Housekeeping, 15 Feb. 2018
• That list of chemicals includes creosol (associated with the smoky peat flavor of Scotch whisky), syringol (responsible for clovelike flavors), and vanillin (source of a vanilla-ish sweetness in smoke).
  — Steven Raichlen, New York Times, 29 June 2018
• Though Firmenich also supplies synthetic and natural vanillin flavors derived from clove, cinnamon and wood, real vanilla is a luxury that needs to be preserved at the source, says Ghostine.
  — Aryn Baker/sahabevava, Time, 13 June 2018
• Imitation vanillin extracted from lignin or guaiacol is very standard, rather than distinct.
  — Simran Sethi, Smithsonian, 3 Apr. 2017
• Imitation vanillin extracted from lignin or guaiacol is very standard, rather than distinct.
  — Simran Sethi, Smithsonian, 3 Apr. 2017
• One flavorant, ethyl vanillin – for vanilla notes – decreased free radical production by 42 percent.
  — Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• To a bottle, the wines project lush artificial cherry flavors, bits of vanillin and oak, soft tannins — and usually a palpable level of residual sugar, serving to mask whatever flaws may lie within.
  — Patrick Comiskey, latimes.com, 15 June 2017
• Queeny’s coal-tar drug company, Monsanto, was also flush from lucrative contracts with Coca-Cola, who bought their caffeine, vanillin, and saccharin.
  — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
• Artificial vanilla synthesises just one of these – vanillin.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2019
• Ingredients include water, maltitol, cocoa, celluose gum, caramel color, natural and artificial flavor, vanillin and salt.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 4 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024