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β-cryptoxanthin

floral terpenoid

Found in 369 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of β-cryptoxanthin
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C40H56O
Molecular weight
552.9 g/mol
PubChem CID
5281235 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Volatility
low
CAS number
472-70-8
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.

How this molecule is described

Sources disagree about odour more often than they disagree about chemistry. Rather than show one answer, here is every description on file with how many ingredient records carry it.

Also filed as
beta-cryptoxanthin

Same molecule, unified here — previously counted and displayed as separate compounds.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain β-cryptoxanthin. 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 β-cryptoxanthin in it.

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