Flavours and fragrances: Relationships

Every element and industry that Flavours and fragrances is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Food and beverage processing: Packaged food and drink makers buy their taste from a few flavour houses, which pass input costs on in their prices; India sits upstream as the main source of mint oil and a large exporter of spice oils and oleoresins, while synthetic menthol and food safety rules set limits on natural flavour demand. (researched)
• Crude oil: Crude oil is a raw material for flavours and fragrances; their prices have moved together.
• Pepper & spices: Pepper & spices is a raw material for flavours and fragrances; their prices have moved together.
• Household and personal care: Household and personal care depends on flavours and fragrances.
• Oranges & juice: Their prices have moved together.
• Phenol and acetone: Their prices have moved together.