piperitenone

fruity terpenoid

Found in 19 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C10H14O
Molecular weight: 150.22 g/mol
PubChem CID: 381152 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description: minty, phenolic, sharp
Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 15.0 ppb – 1909 ppb median 962 ppb · 2 published values · see all 2 with sources
Volatility: medium
CAS number: 491-09-8
Retention index: 1334

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

~ Likely match

FEMA number: 4199
GRAS publication: GRAS 22
FEMA primary name: Piperitenone oxide

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	3	15
breakfast cereal	2	10
cheese	2	10
condiments/ relishes	5	25
egg products	2	10
fats/oils	2	10
fish products	3	15
frozen dairy	5	25
fruit ices	1	5
other grains	3	15
processed fruits	1	5
soft candy	2	10

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

Published thresholds

2 measured values 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

15.0 ppb – 1909 ppb

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

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
15.0 ppb SIDA	water (food: tomato)	Literature corpus	28490131, 17687727, 18095385 +23
1909 ppb SIDA	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	28490131, 17687727, 18095385 +23

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 (961.995 ppb, the engine's canonical value — see the 2 published values). OAV ≥ 1 = perceptible.

Food	Concentration (ppb)	OAV	Source
tomato	47.0	0.05	—

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

32 cmpds

33 cmpds

41 cmpds

48 cmpds