Is Vanilla-Flavored Pudding a Mutagen? | Prévention du risque chimique | Scoop.it

Vanillin is the defining scent component of the vanilla aroma. Although vanilla beans and the vanillin they contain is regarded as harmless from a health standpoint, doubts have repeatedly been raised about whether this also applies to synthetic vanillin. Despite the opposing views of the principal international health organizations, these concerns have actually found their way into a biochemistry textbook. It is high time to take up the odor trail and ferret out the true source of these doubts.