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Chocolate is a beloved treat, but sometimes the cocoa beans that go into bars and other sweets have unpleasant flavors or scents, making the final products taste bad. Surprisingly, only a few compounds associated with these stinky odors are known. Now, researchers reporting in ACS
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have identified the two compounds that cause musty, moldy scents in cocoa work that can help chocolatiers ensure the quality of their products.
Cocoa beans, when fermented correctly, have a pleasant smell with sweet and floral notes. But they can have an off-putting scent when fermentation goes wrong, or when storage conditions aren t quite right and microorganisms grow on them. If these beans make their way into the manufacturing process, the final chocolate can smell unpleasant, leading to consumer complaints and recalls. So, sensory professionals smell fermented cocoa beans before they are roasted, detecting any unwanted musty, moldy, smoky or m
04. December 2020
Erwin Flender Awarded RWTH Honorary Doctorate
On November 6, 2020, the Rector of the RWTH Aachen University awarded our Chairman Dr. Erwin Flender the distinction and academic degree of Honorary Doctor of Engineering Sciences. This honor is in recognition of his outstanding engineering and entrepreneurial achievements in the field of modeling and simulation of metal casting processes and for his high level of social commitment, especially for his dedication to support R&D activities for small and medium-sized companies and the next generation of engineers.
After earning a degree in Production and Mechanical Engineering at the Hagen University of Applied Sciences, Dr. Flender studied Foundry Science at the RWTH Aachen University. Here he also received his doctorate in 1985 on the topic of Computer-Aided Simulation and Modeling of the Hot Cracking Behavior during Solidification of Heat-Resistant Cast Steel Grades . For this work, he was awarded the Eu
04. December 2020
Erwin Flender Awarded RWTH Honorary Doctorate
On November 6, 2020, the Rector of the RWTH Aachen University awarded our Chairman Dr. Erwin Flender the distinction and academic degree of Honorary Doctor of Engineering Sciences. This honor is in recognition of his outstanding engineering and entrepreneurial achievements in the field of modeling and simulation of metal casting processes and for his high level of social commitment, especially for his dedication to support R&D activities for small and medium-sized companies and the next generation of engineers.
After earning a degree in Production and Mechanical Engineering at the Hagen University of Applied Sciences, Dr. Flender studied Foundry Science at the RWTH Aachen University. Here he also received his doctorate in 1985 on the topic of Computer-Aided Simulation and Modeling of the Hot Cracking Behavior during Solidification of Heat-Resistant Cast Steel Grades . For this work, he was awarded the Eu
04. December 2020
Erwin Flender Awarded RWTH Honorary Doctorate
On November 6, 2020, the Rector of the RWTH Aachen University awarded our Chairman Dr. Erwin Flender the distinction and academic degree of Honorary Doctor of Engineering Sciences. This honor is in recognition of his outstanding engineering and entrepreneurial achievements in the field of modeling and simulation of metal casting processes and for his high level of social commitment, especially for his dedication to support R&D activities for small and medium-sized companies and the next generation of engineers.
After earning a degree in Production and Mechanical Engineering at the Hagen University of Applied Sciences, Dr. Flender studied Foundry Science at the RWTH Aachen University. Here he also received his doctorate in 1985 on the topic of Computer-Aided Simulation and Modeling of the Hot Cracking Behavior during Solidification of Heat-Resistant Cast Steel Grades . For this work, he was awarded the Eu