Xconomy: Using Biotechnology Innovations, Senomyx Makes New Taste Sensations
Summary
The company has been working on multiple compounds in each category of savory, sweet, and salty flavor enhancers.For example, Senomyx has been working with Firmenich to develop S2383, a compound that acts specifically to enhance the taste of sucralose, an artificial sweetener used in Splenda.Firmenich plan to begin worldwide commercialization of the compound by the end of this year, and “would hope to look for our first royalty revenue in the first quarter of 2010,” Snyder said.“This could be very interesting from a health perspective because if you can reduce the amount of calories by half and [therefore] improve the nutritional content, it has the potential to be very widely used,” Snyder said.Sucrose is in almost all foods, including yogurt, cereal, beverages, and cookies, with a global market of $63 billion in sales annually, Snyder said.