Occurrence
Reported found in apple, roasted barley, beef, prefermented bread, Camembert cheese, Emmenthal cheese,
roasted cocoa beans, dry cured ham, hops, roasted pecans, rum, soybeans, black tea, wine, guava, papaya, strawberry fruit and jam,
baked potato, bell pepper, tomato, many cheeses, fish, beef, mutton, hop oil, mushrooms, mango, rice, sake, malt, wort, dried bonito
and mussels
Application
4-Methylvaleric acid, although identified in Nature, has found very little, if any, use in perfumes or flavors. It is mentioned mainly for the sake of completing the monographs on Methylpentanoic acids.
