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alpha-citral

green oxygenated_monoterpene

Found in 7 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor description
green tomato note
Odor threshold — orthonasal, in clean water
30.0 ppb – 32.0 ppb median 31.0 ppb · 2 published values · see all 6 with sources
CAS number
5392-40-5
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number
2303
GRAS publication
GRAS 3
FEMA primary name
CITRAL

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

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

Published thresholds

6 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.

Orthonasal, in clean water

30.0 ppb – 32.0 ppb

The reference measurement — smelled in water. OAV is computed against this.

Threshold Matrix Source Paper
30.0 ppb water_odor Leffingwell —
32.0 ppb water_odor Leffingwell —

In a food matrix

30.0 ppb – 1735 ppb

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

Threshold Matrix Source Paper
30.0 ppb water (food: litsea pungens fruit) Literature corpus —
100 ppb water (food: litsea pungens fruit) Literature corpus —
152 ppb water (food: unknown) Literature corpus —
1735 ppb water (food: beer) Literature corpus —

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 alpha-citral. 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 alpha-citral in it.

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