FLAVOR AND COMPOSITIONAL COMPARISON OF ORANGE ESSENCES AND ESSENCE OILS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED-STATES AND IN BRAZIL

One commercial sample of each of aqueous orange essence and orange essence oil from Brazil was compared with three samples of each product produced in Florida. Brazilian and U.S. products were qualitatively identical, but minor quantitative differences were found. Sensory panels noted aroma differences between aqueous essences and essence oils produced in the United States and Brazil; similar aroma differences were found between these products produced by two different U.S. suppliers. When the products were used to flavor frozen concentrated orange juice (evaporator pumpout), however, no flavor differences were noted between any of the aqueous essences or essence oils. © 1990, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.