The predominant scent, vanilla, indicated that the relics came from a body that had decomposed naturally; the organic compound vanillin is produced during this process.
Mild leaves now require a factory flavoring of coumarin (from sweet clover) and vanillin.
Recovered bark chips, once burned for fuel, are now processed as medicine, vanillin, insulation, soil conditioners, reinforcement for polyester plastics, and mud thinner for oil .
Green Chemists Synthesise Vanillin From Sawdust An environmentally-friendly way of making vanillin from the lignin in wood pulp could change the economics of this flavouring industry
June 17, 2013 - Technology Review