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pentyl hexanoate

fruity ester

Found in 16 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of pentyl hexanoate
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C11H22O2
Molecular weight
186.29 g/mol
PubChem CID
10886 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description
fruity, apple, pineapple, green
Volatility
medium
CAS number
540-07-8
Retention index
1296
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

? Partial match
FEMA number
2074
GRAS publication
GRAS 3
FEMA primary name
AMYL HEXANOATE-Pentyl hexanoate

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.

How this molecule is described

Sources disagree about odour more often than they disagree about chemistry. Rather than show one answer, here is every description on file with how many ingredient records carry it.

Descriptions on file

Ordered by how many independent descriptor streams give each wording, then by how often it appears. The bar is still replication — one source copied onto many ingredients scores high there — so the two can disagree.

apple, estery, fatty, fruity, green, pear, pineapple, sweet FlavorDB 2.0
15
pineapple, sweet, green, fruity, estery, apple, pear, fatty FlavorDB 2.0
1
fruity, apple, pineapple, green shown above Llm Adjudicated
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Bars are the share of ingredient records carrying each description. High agreement means the sources replicate each other — not necessarily that they are right.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain pentyl hexanoate. 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 pentyl hexanoate in it.

yellow passionfruit
fruit
33 cmpds
chinese quince
fruit
45 cmpds
cider
beverage alcoholic
112 cmpds
blue cheese
dairy
170 cmpds
soursop
fruit
238 cmpds
rum
beverage alcoholic
254 cmpds
white wine
beverage alcoholic
312 cmpds
pear
fruit
364 cmpds
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