Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 112.
Colorless liquid or opaque crystalline mass, melting at 25°C.
Insoluble in water, poorly soluble in propylene glycol and glycerin, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Mild-floral, very sweet odor, reminiscent of lilac and vanilla with a faint, delicate, balsamic background.
Finds some use in flavor compositions for imitation chocolate, cocoa, fruit, vanilla and in licorice flavorings.
Very useful in lilac, appleblossom, sweet pea, gardenia, jasmin, etc. Gives pleasant notes with nitromusks and with certain types of non-nitromusks. Good tenacity.
Produced by many methods, e.g. from anisaldehyde by catalytic hydrogenation.
| Category | Kind | Max % | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1 | Max % | 0.0028% | — | DOC |
| Category 2 | Max % | 0.039% | — | DOC |
| Category 3 | Max % | 0.025% | — | DOC |
| Category 4 | Max % | 0.21% | — | DOC |
| Category 5A | Max % | 0.041% | — | DOC |
| Category 5B | Max % | 0.0055% | — | DOC |
| Category 5C | Max % | 0.033% | — | DOC |
| Category 5D | Max % | 0.002% | — | DOC |
| Category 6 | Max % | 0.091% | — | DOC |
| Category 7A | Max % | 0.033% | — | DOC |
| Category 7B | Max % | 0.033% | — | DOC |
| Category 8 | Max % | 0.002% | — | DOC |
| Category 9 | Max % | 0.099% | — | DOC |
| Category 10A | Max % | 0.099% | — | DOC |
| Category 10B | Max % | 0.17% | — | DOC |
| Category 11A | Max % | 0.002% | — | DOC |
| Category 11B | Max % | 0.002% | — | DOC |
| Category 12 | Max % | 14% | — | DOC |
Compliance-support only. Values resolved from the current IFRA corpus; each row cites the document excerpt it came from. Not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor.
Natural complex substances (NCSs) in which this material typically occurs.
| NCS | Botanical | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| Vanilla Absolute | Vanilla spp. | 6.6% |
| Vanilla tahitensis extract | Vanilla tahitensis J.W. Moore | 1% |
| Cassie absolute | Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Willd. | 0.8% |
| Vanilla tincture | Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews (Orchidaceae) | 0.1% |