Espécies de Baunilha (Vanilla) do Brasil com Potencial Valor Econômico

Resumo

Vanilla is the main flavor used in the food, pharmaceutical, aroma and fragrance industries. Vanillin
is the characteristic aromatic component of vanilla flavor and can be produced by the following ways:
natural process, chemical synthesis and biotechnological processes. Vanilla market volatility is a result of
increasing world demand for natural vanilla with a concomitant reduction in global supply. In Brazil, which
has species with market potential, imports of vanilla beans and/or the use of artificial vanilla predominate.
Factors such as deforestation, climate change, disease and predatory extractivism impact the survival
of Vanilla species. Thus, the characterization of new species has been shown to be an alternative for the
conservation, production and development of more resistant cultivars. This review aims to characterize
some native Brazilian species of Vanilla spp. to be produced and used as an alternative to Vanilla planifolia.