Introduction to Volatile Compounds in Food

The VCF database contains information on published volatile compounds which have been found in natural (processed) food products.
The information is continually updated.

The database can only be consulted on basis of subscription. If you want more information on the content of … read more

News

1 February 2022

Version VCF16.9 released

Version VCF16.9 is now published. We added data of 30 new products and we implemented GRAS 30. See Overview of VCF Releases

5 February 2021

Version VCF16.8 released

Version VCF16.8 is now published. We added data of 90 new products and we implemented GRAS 29. See Overview of VCF Releases

9 April 2020

Version VCF16.7 released

Version VCF16.7 is now published. We added a lot of data of new productsand we show Flavour Threshold values together with other compound data. See Overview of VCF Releases

27 January 2020

New owners

On December 20, 2019, BeWiDo became the owner of VCF online. The previous owner Triskelion re-evaluated its strategy and in its future plans, VCF online did not fit anymore.

BeWiDo is owned and operated by William van Dongen and Bert Wiggers. William has a Ph.D. in analytical organic chemistry and a long scientific history in … read more

17 December 2018

New version VCF16.6.1

From now on the data for Odour and Flavour threshold values are restricted to volatile compounds only. We are still working towards the complete integration of all data compiled from our literature sources. This will lead to faster and easier searches.

The first step in this integration is ready. When searching for compounds, you will … read more

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