BRITISH SOCIETY OF FLAVOURISTS

Founded in 1970 to promote the interests of individuals working within the Flavour Industry

BRITISH SOCIETY OF FLAVOURISTS

Founded in 1970 to promote the interests of individuals working within the Flavour Industry

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About Us

Discover more about the British Society of Flavourists

Membership

Interested in joining?
Find out how

Society Council

The Society is run by a group elected from the membership - meet those currently serving on Council

My BSF

Area for Society members

Events Diary

Hedonistic delights – a tasting of craft chocolate with Professor Barry Smith and CoFounder of CocoaRunners, Spencer Hyman
  24 Apr 2025   7:00pm - 9:00pm
  Zoom
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BSFocus on Whisky
  06 Nov 2025  
  Edinburgh

Flavour Talks Podcasts

Hear from people for whom the chemical senses — smell and taste — are at the heart of their professional lives - find out more...

Latest podcasts
Flavour Talks Podcast with Garmt Dijksterhuis
Flavour Talks Podcast with Christophe Laudamiel
Flavour Talks Podcast with Andy Taylor
Flavour Talks Podcast with Paola Totaro
Flavour Talks Podcast with Carlo Bicchi
Flavour Talks Podcast with Saskia van Ruth
Flavour Talks Podcast with Barry Smith, Part 1
Flavour Talks Podcast with Nigel Murphy
Flavour Talks Podcast with Kaan Demiryurek
Flavour Talks Podcast with Anne Tromelin
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Recent Society Lectures

Recent Society lectures
William van Dongen - Declining Aldehyde Levels in Orange Oil: An Analytical Perspective
Anne-Cécile SIGNORET - Hexane, an Emerging Risk for Your Business
BSP-BSF Event with Melina Napolitano & Rachel Herz
Luciano Vera - Translating the Unstable Semantics of Odours in Molecular Terms
BSF goes to India
David Baines - Speculating on Flavour Chemistry and Evolution
Nigel Murphy - The Future of Maillard Reaction
Jingang Shi - Can humans smell tastants?
Machine learning for optimisation of flavours and fragrances - Intelligens
Olivier Taboureau - Application of AI to decode relationships between smell, olfactory receptors and small molecules
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(recordings library available to members)

BSF Flavourist Training Course

New members:

Kami Newton - Associate
Louisa Farah - Associate
Yusuf Toprak - Student
Alexandra Lhermite - Associate
Vida Esparan - Fellow
Sylvie Courtheoux Brock - Fellow
Ketan Shah - Fellow