Uses

    Vanillin is considered to be an “artificial” flavoring.  There are close to three thousand additives that are mixed in with the food that we eat.  Approximately seventy percent of these additives are flavorings.  Some are natural; some are blended with alcohol to create extracts.  The other types of flavorings are considered to be synthetic or man-made.  These artificial flavorings are usually stronger and much cheaper than the natural ones.  Flavorings, natural and synthetic, are so commonly used, that the government has found it impossible, unrealistic, to go through and test each of them on safety issues.  The FDA scores sixty nine percent of flavorings are generally approved as safe.  

Vanillin is used as a “safe” flavoring.  A gluten-free additive, Vanillin is very similar to vanilla.  It is used as a sweetener in many candies, ice creams, soft drinks, wines, liquors and toothpastes.  Vanillin is used in chocolate products such as ‘Cadbury Eggs’, Heresy’s Peppermint Patties, and chocolate chips.  It is also used in snack foods such as granola bars, swine and cattle feeds, lotions, and cosmetics.  From breakfast bars to raspberry filled lemon butter cookies, vanillin is also used in some tobacco products, such as a French Vanilla tobacco blend.  Toothpaste contains spicy oils that have vanillin and other sweet substances added to them.  The vanillin in toothpaste is used to help overcome the bitter distinctiveness of brushing your teeth.