3-galactoside

What does 3-galactoside smell like?

Sources describe it as chemical, fatty, honey.

How this molecule is described

• chemical, fatty, honey shown above FlavorDB 2.0
• chemical Flavordb Odor Column
• fatty Flavordb Odor Column
• honey Flavordb Odor Column

Ordered by how many independent descriptor streams give each wording, then by how often it appears. The bar is replication (one source copied onto many ingredients scores high), not corroboration.

Which foods contain 3-galactoside?

We list 1 ingredient that contain it, but presence is not the same as smell. What matters is how much is there compared with how little it takes to notice it. That ratio is the odour activity value (OAV): above 1, you can smell it.

Found in

Measured foods first, then real food profiles, then thin or composite records (marked). The figure beside each is how many compounds that ingredient has in total, not the amount of 3-galactoside in it. ✓n = sources that recorded the link.

• veal Meat 407 cmpds

How strong is 3-galactoside?

We hold no published odour threshold for 3-galactoside, so we cannot say how little of it you could smell.

Is 3-galactoside safe to eat?

Not in FEMA GRAS publications 1–33. Of 3,367 listed flavoring substances, none match this compound or its other names. It may still be food-safe under other regulatory routes (FDA 21 CFR 172, EFSA, JECFA); check femaflavor.org for the authoritative current list.

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