alpha-linalool

herbal terpenoid Key food odorant

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Key food odorant (intermediary)

Dunkel et al. 2014

Identified in the meta-analysis of 227 food samples as one of 57 intermediary odorants — appears in 5–25% of foods. Characteristic odor: flowery, citrus.

Source: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7124–7143

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

~ Likely match

FEMA number: 2635
GRAS publication: GRAS 3
FEMA primary name: LINALOOL-3,7-Dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-01; Linalol

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

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. 2 related FEMA records for this name — verify the exact substance for regulatory use.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain alpha-linalool. 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-linalool in it.

champaca

flower

112 cmpds

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