trans-3-hexenol

floral alcohol Key food odorant

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Key food odorant (individualist)

Dunkel et al. 2014

Identified in the meta-analysis of 227 food samples as one of 151 individualist odorants — appears in <5% of foods, carries the diagnostic signature of specific ingredients.

Source: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7124–7143

Properties

Odor threshold: 8000.0 ppb
Retention index: 1384

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number: 4356
GRAS publication: GRAS 23
FEMA primary name: trans-3-Hexenol

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	15	30
beverages (alcoholic)	0.1	15
beverages (nonalcoholic)	5	15
chewing gum	200	1000
confectionery frostings	10	40
fats/oils	5	50
frozen dairy	10	20
fruit ices	0.5	20
hard candy	10	50
instant coffee/tea	1	5
jams/jellies	0.01	2
soft candy	10	50
soups	1	20

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

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	70 µg/L air	70–70	2	2	yes
ethanol solution	700 ppb	400–1e+03	2	2	yes
food matrix	1000 ppb	38–1e+05	18	17	yes
model wine or beer	1000 ppb	1e+03–1e+03	1	1	one paper
unstated	400 ppb	1–3.5e+05	33	32	no (2.5 decades)
water	110 ppb	70–110	11	10	yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain trans-3-hexenol. 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-3-hexenol in it.

plum brandy

beverage alcoholic

81 cmpds

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