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propyl hexanoate

fruity ester

Found in 34 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of propyl hexanoate
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C9H18O2
Molecular weight
158.24 g/mol
PubChem CID
12293 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description
fruit
Volatility
medium
CAS number
626-77-7
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number
2949
GRAS publication
GRAS 3
FEMA primary name
PROPYL 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.

fruit shown above Flavornet Cas, Flavornet Name, Flavordb Odor Column 3 sources agree
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fruit, fruity, green, juicy, pineapple, sweet, tropical FlavorDB 2.0
25
Fruity, sweet, tropical, fresh, green, juicy: pineapple FlavorDB 2.0
3
sweet floral and fruity FlavorDB 2.0
1
fermented, fruity, green, apple, pear, violet, sweet, tropical FlavorDB 2.0
1
fermented Flavordb Odor Column
—

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 propyl 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 propyl hexanoate in it.

spineless monkey orange
fruit
18 cmpds
pawpaw
fruit
29 cmpds
mountain papaya
fruit
52 cmpds
rose
flower
76 cmpds
brandy
beverage alcoholic
90 cmpds
canadian whisky
beverage alcoholic
102 cmpds
japanese whisky
beverage alcoholic
107 cmpds
finnish whisky
beverage alcoholic
109 cmpds
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