Dear Visitor,

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the website of EFFA, the European Flavour and Fragrance Association.

Since its creation in the early 60’s, EFFA has made the defence of the flavour and fragrance industry‘s interests its top priority.  We invite you to visit this site regularly since it will be expanding and evolving constantly.

We sincerely hope that this tool, designed to help visitors better understand the complexity of the topics and the pieces of legislation we are dealing with, will provide you with information about EFFA and answers to any questions you may have. If you are unable to locate the information you are seeking, please make direct contact with us.

We hope you enjoy exploring our site.

Flavours or flavourings are concentrated mixtures of different flavouring ingredients. They are prepared by using the following:

·      Natural aromatic raw materials

·      Natural flavour concentrates

·      Natural, nature-identical or artificial flavouring substances having a defined chemical structure

·      Process flavourings

·      Smoke flavourings.

Flavours provide taste to a large number of foods and beverages, such as sweets, meat and savoury products, soups, beverages, alcoholic liqueurs, dairy products.