Sweet fruity, winey-green "fermented Apple"-like, overall very pleasant odor.
Sweet fruity, ethereal, green-winey taste,
reminiscent of Apple or Apple wine.
Geranyl acetoacetate is prepared from diketene and geraniol in the
presence of the sodium salt of geraniol.
Colorless oily liquid. Almost insolubIe in
water, soluble in alcohol, Propylene glycol and
oils.
FEMA 2510 finds some use in flavor compositions,
mainly as a trace component in various fruit
flavors, not only Apple. It introduces a certain
note of natural pleasant "overripe" or "fermented" character to many fruit flavors, and
its low rate of volatility makes it a good fixative for the more volatile and common components in these fruit flavors.
Concentration in the finished product may
be in the range of 1 to 10 ppm.
ChEBI: A monoterpenoid that is the carboxylic ester obtained by the formal condensation of geraniol with acetoacetic acid.
From diketene and geraniol in the presence of the sodium salt of geraniol.
A skin irritant. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke andirritating fumes.
