UC Riverside’s citrus collection a big lure for a top flavor maker

Tracy Kahn slices a variety of citrus fruit for a group of flavorists from Givaudan visiting UC Riverside’s Citrus Variety Collection. Givaudan, a Swiss company, uses the facility for inspiration and creating new flavors for its clients.

Andreas Haenni, from left, Geoff Marshall-Hill and Dawn Stretch, all from from Givaudan, visit UC Riverside’s citrus variety grove.

Andreas Haenni, from Givaudan, smells a citrus peel at the grove where more than 1,000 varieties of citrus have been collected, cultivated and cross-bred for more than a century by UC Riverside.

Tracy Kahn talks about a citrus variety to a group of flavorists from Givaudan visiting the 22-acre grove near the rocky flanks of Mt. Rubidoux.

The citrus variety collection at UC Riverside is a living genetic library stretching from the Abhayapuri lime to the zhuluan sour orange.