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cis-6-nonenal

green aldehyde

Found in 5 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of cis-6-nonenal
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C9H16O
Molecular weight
140.22 g/mol
PubChem CID
5362720 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description
cantaloupe, cucumber, green, melon, waxy
Odor threshold
100.0 ppb
Volatility
high
CAS number
2277-19-2
Retention index
1423
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

✓ Exact match
FEMA number
3579
GRAS publication
GRAS 11
FEMA primary name
cis-6-NONENAL

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

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

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain cis-6-nonenal. 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 cis-6-nonenal in it.

pepino
fruit
6 cmpds
musk melon
fruit
117 cmpds
tobacco
plant
144 cmpds
fish
fish
158 cmpds
cucumber
gourd
292 cmpds
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