SYMSCRIPT

The ability to detect flavors and then describe them in nuanced terms is absolutely essential for developing flavorings or foods. Product developers and flavoring experts cannot rely on subjective judgments such as "pleasant" or "delicious," as these terms are open to interpretation.

That's why Symrise developed SymScript™, a consistent language for accurately describing and delineating flavors – simple, precise and understandable. Descriptors such as sour, fruity, burnt, lactonic or phenolic provide an objective means of describing flavors and a comprehensible jargon for performing sensory analysis.  In addition to these nearly 100 descriptors, carefully selected reference chemicals are also made available to aid unambiguous, qualitative flavor identification.

For anyone working to develop new products, SymScript™ serves as a common language that has proven effective and is now used by Symrise and its clients throughout the world.