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Aroma Aromatics & Flavours Zingerone

Aroma Aromatics & Flavors Zingerone is an excellent flavor material, not only for Vanilla imitation where again it gives interesting effect with castoreum, but it is frequently used in many types of fruit flavors, root beer, spice blends, ginger and in tobacco flavorings. The normal concentration in finished products is about 5 to 15 ppm. It is used in perfumery it finds use as a sweetener of warm, slightly spicy-tobacco like effect which can be modified into 'leather' notes 'tobacco' notes or even heavy floral 'Jasmin' notes. It has often very attractive influence upon castoreum and labdanum and it blends very well with Ylang and Gardenia bases.

Physical Form: Crystals, Solid

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    Identification & Functionality

    Flavor Ingredient Class
    Ingredient Name
    Food Ingredients Functions
    Molecular formula
    C11H14O3
    CAS No.
    122-48-5
    FDA
    172.515
    EINECS No.
    204-548-3
    H.Traffic Code
    2914.5
    Ingredients
    Zingerone
    Technologies
    Chemical Structure

    Aroma Aromatics & Flavours Zingerone - Chemical Structure

    Other Names

    4 - (3-Methoxy-4-Hydroxyphenyl-2 - Butanone, Vanillyl acetone

    Organoleptic Character

    Strong pungent odor and taste of ginger

    Applications & Uses

    Properties

    Physical Form
    Appearance
    Pale yellow to pale amber coloured or cream coloured crystalline mass
    Physical Properties
    ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
    Molecular Weight194.23--
    Melting Point41.0°C-
    Flash Pointmin. 99.0°C-
    Assaymin. 99.0%GLC

    Storage & Handling

    Shelf Life

    12 Months in Full sealed Containers. Kept in cool place away from heat and light