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Flavor Industry:
Dairy Flavors: Essential for creating authentic cream, butter, milk, yogurt, and cheese (particularly Cheddar, Gouda, Blue cheese) flavors.
Fruit Flavors: Used in peach, apricot, strawberry, and tropical fruit blends to add ripe, creamy nuances.
General Creaminess: Added to ice creams, baked goods, confections, and non-dairy creamers to impart a rich, mouthwatering creamy body.
Fragrance Industry:
Used as a specialty ingredient to add creamy, milky, and coconut nuances to perfume compositions.
Found in gourmand, oriental, and fruity fragrance families. It adds a smooth, comforting, and edible quality to scents.
Food Additive:
Approved as a flavoring substance by major regulatory bodies worldwide.
| CAS No. | 705-86-2 |
| EINECS | 211-889-1 |
| FEMA | 2361 |
| Synonym | Delta Decalactone AMYL-DELTA-VALEROLACTONE 5-Hydroxydecanoic acid lactone 5-HYDROXYDECANOIC ACID BETA1 LACTONE (6S)-6α-Pentyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one |
| Molecular Formula | C10H18O2 |
| Molecular Weight | 170.25 |
| Appearance | Colorless oily liquid |
| Odor | Intensely creamy, fatty, peach-like, coconut-like, and milky. It is a cornerstone flavor ingredient for dairy notes. |
| Melting Point | -27°C |
| Boiling Point | 117-120°C |
| Density | 0.954 g/mL at 25 °C |
| Solubility | Slightly soluble in chloroform, methyl alcohol. |
