butanoic acid, (z)-3-hexenyl ester

fruity ester

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor description: apple-scented
Odor threshold: 410.0 ppb
CAS number: 16491-36-4

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

Thresholds in published tables

Numbers printed in open-access papers, grouped by the medium the table states. Median and full range of the values; “agree” means two or more papers whose middle 80% of values sit within 100×. Not reviewed.

Medium	Median	Range	Values	Papers	Papers agree?
air	500 µg/L air	2.78–6.8e+03	3	3	no (3.4 decades)
food matrix	2e+04 ppb	2e+04–2e+04	1	1	one paper
unstated	31.99 ppb	0.7–500	10	7	no (2.7 decades)
water	410 ppb	31–500	4	4	yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain butanoic acid, (z)-3-hexenyl ester. 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 butanoic acid, (z)-3-hexenyl ester in it.

wine

beverage alcoholic

565 cmpds

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