myricitrin

other oxygenated compound

Found in 3 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C21H20O12
Molecular weight: 464.4 g/mol
PubChem CID: 5281673 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 6.2 ppb 1 published value · see all 1 with sources
Volatility: low
CAS number: 17912-87-7

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number: 4491
GRAS publication: GRAS 24
FEMA primary name: Myricitrin

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)
baked goods	10	30
beverages (alcoholic)	10	30
beverages (nonalcoholic)	10	30
chewing gum	100	150
confectionery frostings	10	30
fats/oils	10	30
frozen dairy	10	30
fruit ices	10	30
gelatins/ puddings	10	30
hard candy	10	30
milk products	10	30
snack foods	10	30
soft candy	10	30

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

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

6.2 ppb

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

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
6.2 ppb	water (food: tea)	Literature corpus	36540235, 40226889

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 (6.24 ppb, the engine's canonical value — see the 1 published values). OAV ≥ 1 = perceptible.

Food	Concentration (ppb)	OAV	Source
apple	228000.0	36538 ⚡	—
tea	277.5	44.5 ⚡	—

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 myricitrin. 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 myricitrin in it. Full concentrations are in the OAV table above.

60 cmpds

257 cmpds

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