One requirement: ensuring the sensory stability of our flavors
At Ennolys, every batch undergoes quality control throughout the production process. But beyond analytical data, one essential question remains:
Is the product perceived the same way from one batch to another?
This is precisely what sensory analysis helps validate. Its purpose is to assess the olfactory characteristics of a product in order to guarantee:
- its compliance
- its reproducibility
- and its perceived quality
A structured and demanding process
Far from being subjective or approximate, sensory analysis at Ennolys is based on a rigorous framework.
Our two expert panels, created in 2016, are composed of employees specifically trained in olfaction and tasting. Their role is to detect, describe, and compare sensory profiles with precision.
Since 2020, these evaluations have been carried out in a room dedicated to sensory analysis, equipped with 8 individual booths to ensure optimal conditions for concentration and neutrality.
Each year:
- 10 panelists are mobilized
- 60 one-hour sessions are conducted
- more than 200 natural molecules are evaluated
Training the senses to ensure reliable evaluation
At Ennolys, every new member follows a structured training program, including:
- learning sensory reference standards
- training in evaluation repeatability
A minimum of 20 hours of training is required before joining the panel.
The objective is to ensure reliable, reproducible, and consistent evaluations across all experts.
Conditions close to real-life applications
To go even further, our sensory analysis room is directly connected to a food application laboratory. This facility allows samples to be prepared under controlled conditions and flavors to be tested in real-life matrices.
It is also within this framework that we develop recipes designed to showcase our flavors to clients and at trade shows.
From perception to quality assurance
Sensory analysis is much more than a final validation step. It is a genuine quality management tool.
It notably allows us to:
- detect subtle deviations that are not analytically visible
- ensure the consistency of aromatic profiles
- provide an additional guarantee to our clients
By combining scientific measurements with human expertise, Ennolys ensures complete control over the quality of its molecules.
A clear commitment to our clients
At Ennolys, sensory analysis is not simply a validation step at the end of production. It is fully integrated into our overall quality management approach and helps guarantee the consistency of our natural aromatic molecules across production runs.
Thanks to the expertise of our panelists, each evaluation confirms that the expected sensory profile is fully respected. This approach complements the analytical controls carried out throughout the manufacturing process and adds an essential dimension: the real perception of the product.
The work conducted within the sensory panel also helps ensure greater reproducibility of aromatic profiles — a major challenge for our industrial clients seeking reliability and stability in their applications. By reproducing rigorous and standardized evaluation conditions, Ennolys maintains a high level of quality standards for every batch produced.
This organization reflects a strong conviction: the quality of a flavor is not limited to its technical characteristics. It also depends on the precision of its sensory perception, assessed under controlled conditions by trained experts. It is this complementarity between human expertise, methodology, and quality control that enables Ennolys to support its clients with reliable, consistent flavor solutions that remain true to their expectations.
