Today Borregaard is the world’s most advanced biorefinery, making several hundred commercial bio-based products from trees. Borregaard has produced wood vanillin since 1962. During the bio-refinery process, the vanillin within the tree is separated, collected, and purified to more than 99.9% crystalized & packed in 25 kilo cartons. Vanillin widely occurs in plants, as it is one of nature’s protection systems. This protection comes in the form of inherent anti-microbial properties that take effect when the trees or plants are attacked by fungi, yeast, bacteria or insects. These same anti-microbial properties of wood vanillin allow it to act as a preservative when used in food, fragrance and cosmetic formulations. The unique properties of Borregaard wood vanillin have allowed for the creation of specialty flavors, which provide performance benefits important to the ready food products. For more information visit Booth No. 12D75.