Description
Isoamyl laurate has a very faint, oily, fatty odor and a fatty flavor.
Chemical Properties
Isoamyl laurate has a very faint, oily, fatty odor; fatty flavor.
Occurrence
Reported found at the 3% level in fusel oil from raisins, in grapes, beer, cognac, brandy, rum, malt whiskey,
port and sparkling wine, plum wine, babaco fruit (Carica pentagona Heilborn) and sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)
Definition
ChEBI: 3-methylbutyl dodecanoate is a fatty acid ester obtained by the formal condensation of dodecanoic acid with 3-methylbutan-1-ol. It has a role as a metabolite. It is functionally related to an isoamylol.
Aroma threshold values
Aroma characteristics at 5.0%: winey, woody, alcoholic, fatty, creamy, whiskey with a fresh yeasty nuance.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: fatty mouthfeel, whiskey and fermented.
Flammability and Explosibility
Non flammable
