Chemical Properties
Isoamyl butyrate has a fruity, apricot, pineapple, banana, strong, characteristic odor and a sweet, corresponding taste
Chemical Properties
Isoamyl Butyrate is a liquid with
strongly fruity odor that occurs, for example, in banana. It is used mainly in fruit
flavors.
Occurrence
Reported found in the oil of Eucalyptus macarthuri and in coconut oil. Also reported found in apple, apricot,
banana, kumquat peel oil, guava, grapes, melon, strawberry, tomato, cheeses, beer, cognac, rum, Scotch whiskey, cider, grape wines,
port, honey, yellow passion fruit, plum, mango, plum wine, cashew apple, cherimoya, bilberry wine, mountain papaya, Roman
chamomile, mastic gum leaf and fruit oil.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: ripe fruity, fatty, banana, apple, melon and fermented whiskey
