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2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexanone

fruity ketone

Found in 15 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of 2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexanone
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C9H16O
Molecular weight
140.22 g/mol
PubChem CID
17000 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description
camphoraceous, honey, herbal, labdanum
Odor threshold
310.0 ppb (1 source, non-SIDA)
Volatility
high
CAS number
2408-37-9
Retention index
1312
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

~ Likely match
FEMA number
3473
GRAS publication
GRAS 9
FEMA primary name
2,2,6-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXANONE 1.0

Use-level matrix not extracted for this substance — check the source publication for current ppm guidance.

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

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.

Descriptions on file

Ordered by how many independent descriptor streams give each wording, then by how often it appears. The bar is still replication — one source copied onto many ingredients scores high there — so the two can disagree.

cistus, honey, labdanum, pungent, thujone FlavorDB 2.0
12
pungent, thujone, labdanum, honey, cistus FlavorDB 2.0
3
camphoraceous, honey, herbal, labdanum shown above Llm Adjudicated
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fruity, floral Flavordb Odor Column
—

Bars are the share of ingredient records carrying each description. High agreement means the sources replicate each other — not necessarily that they are right.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexanone. 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 2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexanone in it.

yellow passionfruit
fruit
33 cmpds
fermented tea
plant derivative
36 cmpds
oats
cereal
166 cmpds
canola oil
essential oil
202 cmpds
passionfruit
fruit
204 cmpds
cauliflower
cabbage
302 cmpds
white wine
beverage alcoholic
312 cmpds
bilberry
berry
325 cmpds
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