DL-Isoleucine appears as a white crystalline powder. It has a caramel, maple syrup odor and slightly bitter taste. It is used as a flavor ingredient in baked goods, breakfast cereals, condiments, meat products, milk products, nonalcoholic beverages, and soups.
[1] George A. Burdock, Fenaroli’s Handbook of Flavor Ingredients, Sixth Edition, 2016
dl-Isoleucine is flavorless. It may be prepared from the corresponding aldehyde by Bucherer’s reaction.
dl-Isoleucine has a caramel, maple syrup odor and slightly bitter taste
ChEBI: A branched chain amino acid that consists of 3-methylpentanoic acid bearing an amino substituent at position 2.
From the corresponding aldehyde by Bucherer’s reaction.
