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Reported found in raspberry oil, Burley tobacco, apple, lemon balm, summer savory, anise, hyssop, apple juice, cooked apple, apricot, sweet and sour cherry, black currant berries, fresh blackberry, strawberry jam, hop oil rum, white wine, red wine, black tea, tomato, rye bread, blue cheese, cow, goat and sheep milk, hop oil, beer, cognac, rum, whiskies, scotch, cider, grape wines, coffee, tea, popcorn, oatmeal, soybean, plum, prune, beans, starfruit, mango, tamarind, dill seed, corn oil, okra, cape gooseberry, anise hyssop and Roman chamomile oil.

ChEBI:Beta-damascenone is a cyclic monoterpene ketone that is 2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexa-1,3-diene substituted at position 1 by a crotonoyl group. It has a role as a fragrance, a volatile oil component and a plant metabolite. It is an enone, an apo carotenoid monoterpenoid and a cyclic monoterpene ketone.

By treating the corresponding ethyl safranate with allyl lithium, followed by catalytic isomerization of the reaction product; also from the oxirane derivative of β-damascone by an acid-catalyzed reaction.

Detection: 0.0007 to 0.009 ppb. Aroma characteristics at 1.0%: sweet, brown woody, tobacco, davana-like fruity, with a spicy balsamic undernote.

Taste characteristics at 1 to 5 ppm: sweet brown, tea-like, davana dried fruity, with jamy berry, strawberry and raspberry nuances, woody, floral, herbal, green and fruity with spicy tobacco nuances.

Taste at 1-5 ppm