l-fenchone
fruity ketone Key food odorantFound in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.
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Key food odorant (individualist)
Dunkel et al. 2014Identified in the meta-analysis of 227 food samples as one of 151 individualist odorants — appears in <5% of foods, carries the diagnostic signature of specific ingredients.
Properties
- Odor threshold
- 1082.0 ppb
FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use
- FEMA number
- 4519
- GRAS publication
- GRAS 24
- FEMA primary name
- l-Fenchone
Reported use levels (ppm by food category)
Typical vs maximum reported addition levels in finished food. Use as a regulatory ceiling reference — verify against the current GRAS publication for your product category.
| Food category | Typical (ppm) | Maximum (ppm) |
|---|---|---|
| beverages (nonalcoholic) | 0.01 | 0.1 |
| chewing gum | 0.1 | 5 |
| hard candy | 0.05 | 0.5 |
Found in
Measured impact first, then profile shareEvery ingredient known to contain l-fenchone. 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 l-fenchone in it.
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