trans-alpha-bergamotene

herbal terpene

Found in 3 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor description: high-intensity aroma
Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 1.2 ppb – 6.1 ppb median 3.6 ppb · 2 published values · see all 2 with sources
CAS number: 13474-59-4

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

~ Likely match

FEMA number: 4960
GRAS publication: GRAS 30
CAS number: 13474-59-4
FEMA primary name: trans-alpha-Bergamotene alpha-Bergamotene, trans-2-Norpinene, 2,6-dimethyl-6-(4 methyl-3-pentenyl)-, trans-(-)

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	269	269
beverages type i, non-alcoholic	24	24
beverages, non-alcoholic	24	24
breakfast cereals	34	34
chewing gum	465	465
condiments and relishes	2	20
confections and frostings	56	56
fruit ices	16	147
gelatins and puddings	83	83
hard candy	93	93
meat products	6	10
soft candy	93	93

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

1.2 ppb – 6.1 ppb

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

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
1.2 ppb	water (food: rice)	Literature corpus	—
6.1 ppb	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	—

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.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain trans-alpha-bergamotene. 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 trans-alpha-bergamotene in it.

116 cmpds

364 cmpds

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