(e)-geranic acid

sour acid

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C10H16O2
Molecular weight: 168.23 g/mol
PubChem CID: 5275520 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description: green
Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 762 ppb – 2357 ppb median 762 ppb · 3 published values · see all 3 with sources
Volatility: medium
CAS number: 4698-08-2

Not in FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. Of 3,367 listed flavoring substances, none match this compound name. May still be food-safe under other regulatory routes (FDA 21 CFR 172, EFSA, JECFA) — check femaflavor.org for the authoritative current list.

Published thresholds

3 measured values from the literature. Grouped by what was actually measured — a threshold smelled in clean water, tasted in the mouth, or measured in a real food are three different quantities and are not pooled.

In a food matrix

762 ppb – 2357 ppb

Measured in a real food, where the matrix shifts detection — not a clean-water value.

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
0.350 ppb	water (food: tea)	Literature corpus	38690105
Flagged: 2176× from the median of this group. Excluded from the range above pending re-check against the source publication — shown rather than hidden.
762 ppb	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	24298981, 39075176, 40129945 +1
2357 ppb	water (food: beef)	Literature corpus	39410216

Only values we can attribute are listed. Where a compendium's licence does not permit public attribution its figures are omitted here, so every number on this page traces to a citable source.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain (e)-geranic acid. Ingredients with a measured concentration come first, ranked by odour activity; the rest follow by how large a share of that ingredient's profile this molecule is. The figure beside each is how many different compounds that ingredient has in total — not the concentration of (e)-geranic acid in it.

black tea

beverage caffeinated

586 cmpds

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