Extrato Seco de Cumaru/Tonka Bean Dry Extract

The odor of the tonka bean is peculiar and ascribed to a crystallized, active ingredient known as coumarin, having a pleasant smell (resembling vanilla), with a bitter taste.

Besides its fragrant properties, coumarin is also used as a fixing essence and widely used for this purpose in perfumery. Moreover, it serves as an ingredient in soap - making.

This extract has been widely used for flavoring pipe tobacco and alcoholic beverages (whiskey and vermouth). Demand declined after regulatory bodies in the US and Europe imposed restrictions on its oral use due to coumarin’s anticoagulant properties. Therefore, the marketing of seed oil as a food or dietary supplement is prohibited.