2h-pyran-2-one, tetrahydro-6-methyl-

fruity lactone

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C6H10O2
Molecular weight: 114.14 g/mol
PubChem CID: 13204 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description: creamy, fruity, coconut
Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 11.0 ppb 1 published value · see all 1 with sources
Volatility: high
CAS number: 823-22-3

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

1 measured value 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

11.0 ppb

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

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
11.0 ppb	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	29419737

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 2h-pyran-2-one, tetrahydro-6-methyl-. 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 2h-pyran-2-one, tetrahydro-6-methyl- in it.

black tea

beverage caffeinated

586 cmpds

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