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Flavor Bites: Pent-3-en-2-one

Despite its limited usage and subtle role in a profile, this is an ingredient that flavorists could make much more use of to brighten an unusually wide range of flavors.

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Flavor Bites: Ethyl 3-methyl 2-oxo-pentanoate

Providing a unique profile of nutty and fruity notes, ethyl 3-methyl 2-oxo-pentanoate is capable of adding a nuance to nut, brown, savory, fruit and other flavors.

Ingredient Profile: Hexyl 2-Methyl-3 or 4-Pentenoate

Application in berry, pear, tropical and other flavors

Butyl butyryllactate has an attractive creamy character, but it is quite difficult to see a close relative amongst more obvious creamy notes.

Flavor Bites: Butyl Butyryllactate

Butyl butyryllactate has an attractive creamy character, but it is quite difficult to see a close relative amongst more obvious creamy notes.

The Butyl Acetates

Butyl acetate: The use of lower aliphatic esters to create fruit flavors is most interesting and intriguing. Many of the flavors of our common fruits can be mimicked using a number of mixtures of completely different groups of these esters.

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Flavor Bites: sec-Butylamine

For flavorists, the amines category might be among the least popular for flavor creation. Difficult to use and pungent, these chemicals can be used in a variety of savory, some fruit and even whiskey flavors.

In cherry flavors, butyl acetate plays a secondary role, and levels range from 30 ppm to 100 ppm.

Butyl Acetate in Fruit & Non-Fruit Flavors

This ester is very effective when used in combination with iso-amyl acetate in a wide range of flavors.

Truffle flavors are all too often very simplistic. This ingredient, at 100 ppm, adds welcome complexity.

Pentane-2,3-dione in Savory, Brown, Dairy, Fruit & Other Flavors

This characteristic can be advantageous in savory and brown flavors, see for yourself.

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Ω-Pentadecalactone

Ω-Pentadecalactone is found sparsely in nature and has an extremely pure musk odor. This can be a disadvantage at high levels in fragrances due to scent adaptation, but at the low levels in flavors it is a distinct advantage and serves to brighten and enhance flavors, often adding a subtly sensuous nuance.

5-Butyl-4-methyloxolan-2-one

This material offers oak flavor versatility in alcoholic drinks, dairy and sweet flavorings

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Adding Complexity to Beverage Fruit Flavors: 2-Methyl Butyl 2-Methyl Butyrate

Many fruit flavors contain significant quantities of aliphatic esters. Analyses often reveal frightening complexities, like finding more than 100 different aliphatic esters in strawberries. The two most common approaches to tackling this daunting problem, however, lie at opposite ends of the creative spectrum.

Molecule of the Month: 2,3-Pentanedione

Chemistry and application in butter and dairy, fruit, and roasted flavors.

2-Pentyl furan works well in all tomato flavors. The desired level in fresh profiles is 100 ppm.

2-Pentyl furan in Savory, Brown, Fruit and Other Flavors

John Wright discusses the nuances of 2-pentyl furan in the October 2023 issue.

3-Cyclohexylpropanal and 3-Cyclohexylbutanal as Raw Materials for Fragrant Compounds

This study reports an investigation of the hydrogenation of aromatic rings of these alcohols, leading to the respective 3-cyclohexyl-1-alkanols.

Fragrant Esters of 3-Cyclohexyl-1-propanol and 3-Cyclohexyl-1-butanol

Preparation and fragrance properties of some esters of 3-cyclohexyl-1-propanol and 3-cyclohexyl-1-butanol are described in this study. The compounds reported in this study possess interesting fragrant properties and may enrich the assortment of synthetic fragrant compounds used in perfumev industry

3,6-Dimethyl Octan-3-ol

A profile: 3,6-Dimethyl octan-3-ol. Thus is the history of 3,6-dimethyl octan-3-ol and its chemical evolution over forty years of changes in the flavor and fragrance industry. One wonders what might have been the fate of AR-1 if synthetic linalool had not been made available from the vitamin intermediate stream.

3-(Methylthio)propionaldehyde

This ingredient’s highly pervasive aroma of cooked potatoes fits a variety of flavor profiles.

3-Nonen-2-one

This material's strong, nutty character with fruity notes can enhance a flavorist's repertoire.

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