chlorophyll b

fruity nitrogen compound

Found in 343 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C55H70MgN4O6
Molecular weight: 907.5 g/mol
PubChem CID: 11593175 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 651 ppb 1 published value · see all 1 with sources
Volatility: low
CAS number: 519-62-0

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

651 ppb

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

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
651 ppb	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	19320050, 27833635, 35669709 +1

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.

Where you'd actually smell it

Odor Activity Value = measured concentration ÷ odor threshold (651.0 ppb, the engine's canonical value — see the 1 published values). OAV ≥ 1 = perceptible.

Food	Concentration (ppb)	OAV	Source
spirulina spp.	3990.0	6.13	—
basil	2700.0	4.15	—

Concentrations from PubMed Central Open Access papers (free literature corpus, MIT-style licensed). Copper = OAV ≥ 10 (strongly perceptible). Green = OAV ≥ 1 (perceptible).

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain chlorophyll b. 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 chlorophyll b in it. Full concentrations are in the OAV table above.

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