Rhodia Highlights Safe and Sustainable Vanillin Technology

This unique fully integrated process avoids the usage of unauthorized products such as toluene, features the lowest level of liquid effluents and ensures a very high consistency in purity of 99.97%.

6/14/2011 --- Rhodia is highlighting its industry-leading food-safe and sustainable technology for manufacturing Rhovanil Extra Pure vanillin and Rhodiarome Extra Pure ethyl vanillin at the IFT 11 Food Expo (Hall 2 Booth 7818). Rhodia’s facilities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Saint-Fons, France, recently converted several steps of their manufacturing process to the use of food grade bio-ethanol as a solvent. This worldwide conversion is part of the environmentally responsible guaiacol, ex-catechol, route utilized at both facilities. This unique fully integrated process avoids the usage of unauthorized products such as toluene, features the lowest level of liquid effluents and ensures a very high consistency in purity of 99.97%.

To secure the highest safety standards, Rhodia is pursuing certification of its food safety management system under the stringent FSSC 22000 international standard. Both of Rhodia’s manufacturing plants have been certified under ISO 9001 and comply with the requirements of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and the American Institute of Baking; in addition, the Baton Rouge plant meets the requirements of NFPA-GMA SAFE.

“Rhodia food safety culture is built into each step of the manufacturing chain through quality oriented process design, back integration and end-to-end traceability. For more than 30 years, our staff is highly trained to enforce strict procedures to protect our products from cross contamination,” said Vincent Lajotte, Aroma Ingredients Business Director of Rhodia Aroma Performance.

“We are also investing in sustainable practices, such as the use of food grade bio-ethanol in our ex-catechol process, as a better alternative to competitive processes that can cause pollution and create hazardous by-products. In short, our Rhovanil Extra Pure vanillin and Rhodiarome Extra Pure ethyl vanillin products are the purest, safest and most sustainable in the world,” he added.

In addition to its innovations in eco protection, safety and purity, Rhodia is the only manufacturer who ensures a security of supply of its vanillin and ethyl vanillin flagship brands to global customers by offering sourcing from two plants, which adhere to the same stringent and rigorous manufacturing processes, conditions and procedures.

Rhovanil Extra Pure vanillin and Rhodiarome Extra Pure ethyl vanillin, food safe products, are used in bakery, chocolate, confectionery, beverages and other dairy product applications and are Kosher certified and meet Halal requirements.