Sunan sinadari na vanillin shine 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, wanda kuma aka sani da methyl protocatechualdehyde ko vanillin. Yana da mahimmancin ?amshi mai tsayi mai tsayi kuma ?aya daga cikin mafi girma da aka samar a duniya kamar yadda na 2019. Yana da wake mai dadi da ?anshi na foda kuma ana iya amfani dashi azaman mai gyarawa, mai daidaitawa, da kuma dandano. Ana amfani dashi sosai a masana'antu kamar abinci, abubuwan sha, kayan kwalliya, sinadarai na yau da kullun, da magunguna. Matsakaicin amfani a cikin masana'antu na ?asa shine kusan 50% na kayan abinci, 20% na masu tsaka-tsakin magunguna, 20% don ?ari na abinci, kuma kusan 10% don wasu dalilai.

Vanillin a halin yanzu yana daya daga cikin abubuwan da aka fi amfani da su wajen dandano abinci a duniya, wanda aka sani da "sarkin kayan yaji". An fi amfani da shi azaman kayan ?an?ano a masana'antar abinci kuma ana shafa shi a cikin kek, ice cream, abubuwan sha masu laushi, cakulan, kayan gasa, da abubuwan sha. Adadin sa a cikin kek da biscuits shine 0.01% zuwa 0.04%, a cikin alewa shine 0.02% zuwa 0.08%, kuma mafi girman sashi a cikin kayan gasa shine 220mg · kg-1. Mafi girman sashi a cikin cakulan shine 970mg · kg-1. Hakanan za'a iya amfani dashi azaman ?ari na kayan abinci a cikin abinci da kayan yaji daban-daban; A cikin masana'antar kayan kwalliya, ana iya amfani da ita azaman kayan ?anshi a cikin turare da cream ?in fuska; A cikin masana'antar sinadarai ta yau da kullun, ana iya amfani da shi don gyara ?amshin samfuran yau da kullun; A cikin masana'antar sinadarai, a matsayin masu cire foamers, masu ba da fatalwa, da masu sinadarai; Hakanan ana iya amfani dashi don bincike da ganowa, kamar gwajin mahadi na amino da wasu acid; A cikin pharmaceutical masana'antu, a matsayin wari tarewa wakili. Saboda abubuwan da ke tattare da kwayoyin cutar, ana iya amfani da vanillin azaman matsakaicin magunguna a cikin masana'antar harhada magunguna, gami da maganin cututtukan fata. Vanillin yana da wasu kaddarorin antioxidant da tasirin rigakafin cutar kansa, kuma yana iya shiga cikin watsa sigina tsakanin ?wayoyin ?wayoyin cuta. A nan gaba, wa?annan yuwuwar wuraren aikace-aikacen za su ha?aka ha?aka cikin sauri cikin bu?atun vanillin a kasuwa. Ya zuwa shekarar 2019, yawan amfani da vanillin na shekara-shekara a kasuwannin duniya ya kai tan 20000.