Dzina lamankhwala la vanillin ndi 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti methyl protocatechualdehyde kapena vanillin. Ndi fungo lofunika kwambiri la sipekitiramu yapamwamba komanso imodzi mwazonunkhira zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi kuyambira chaka cha 2019. Lili ndi fungo lokoma la nyemba ndi ufa ndipo lingagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati chokonzera, chogwirizanitsa, ndi chokometsera. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'mafakitale monga chakudya, zakumwa, zodzoladzola, mankhwala a tsiku ndi tsiku, ndi mankhwala. Kuchuluka kwa ntchito m'mafakitale akumunsi ndi pafupifupi 50% pazowonjezera zazakudya, 20% zapakati pazamankhwala, 20% pazowonjezera chakudya, ndipo pafupifupi 10% pazolinga zina.

Vanillin pakadali pano ndi imodzi mwazinthu zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zimadziwika kuti "mfumu ya zonunkhira". Amagwiritsidwa ntchito makamaka ngati zokometsera m'makampani azakudya ndipo amapaka makeke, ayisikilimu, zakumwa zozizilitsa kukhosi, chokoleti, zinthu zowotcha, ndi zakumwa zoledzeretsa. Mlingo wake mu makeke ndi mabisiketi ndi 0.01% mpaka 0.04%, maswiti ndi 0.02% mpaka 0.08%, ndipo mlingo wapamwamba kwambiri muzophika ndi 220mg · kg-1. Mlingo wapamwamba kwambiri mu chokoleti ndi 970mg · kg-1. Itha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito ngati chowonjezera chosungira chakudya muzakudya zosiyanasiyana ndi zokometsera; Mu zodzoladzola makampani, angagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati flavoring wothandizira mafuta onunkhira ndi nkhope zonona; M'makampani opanga mankhwala a tsiku ndi tsiku, angagwiritsidwe ntchito kusintha fungo la mankhwala a tsiku ndi tsiku; M'makampani opanga mankhwala, monga defoamers, vulcanizing agents, ndi mankhwala precursors; Itha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito pakuwunika ndi kuzindikira, monga kuyesa mankhwala a amino ndi ma asidi ena; Mu makampani opanga mankhwala, monga fungo kutsekereza wothandizira. Chifukwa cha antibacterial properties, vanillin angagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati mankhwala apakatikati pamakampani opanga mankhwala, kuphatikizapo pochiza matenda a khungu. Vanillin ali ndi zinthu zina za antioxidant ndi zotsatira zopewera khansa, ndipo amatha kutenga nawo gawo pakupatsirana pakati pa ma cell a bakiteriya. M'tsogolomu, madera omwe angagwiritsire ntchito izi alimbikitsa kukula kwachangu kwa kufunikira kwa vanillin pamsika. Pofika chaka cha 2019, kumwa kwapachaka kwa vanillin pamsika wapadziko lonse lapansi kuli pafupifupi matani 20000.