Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 260.
Yellow liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, almost insoluble in common hydrocarbon solvents, miscible with alcohol and most perfume and flavor oils.
Warm-spicy-balsamic odor, suggestive of Cassia-cinnamon. Good tenacity and lasting sweetness.
Sweet and warm-spicy taste with little or no pungency at normal use level.
Used in perfumery as a sweetener and powerful spicy ingredient in low-cost fragrances mainly for household products, in masking odors and in detergents and soaps where discoloration is not visible. Trace amounts are used as a warm-spicy and sweet note in floral-balsamic fragrance types, heavy florals and oriental fragrance types. It introduces interesting notes when used discretely in Rose, Hyacinth or in woody fragrances, etc.
Extensively used in flavor compositions. Part of the classic 'Sen-Sen' flavor, it has later entered mouth-wash, dentifrice and candy flavors in the shape of many different flavor types; Spice, Cinnamon, Cola, Mint, etc. and it forms a minor component of many Apple, Cherry, Cream Soda, Liquor, Nut, Pecan, Vanilla, etc. for soft drinks, candy, chewing gum, etc.
Produced by condensation of Benzaldehyde with Acetaldehyde (alkali condens.).
| Category | Kind | Max % | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1 | Max % | 0.045% | — | DOC |
| Category 2 | Max % | 0.014% | — | DOC |
| Category 3 | Max % | 0.021% | — | DOC |
| Category 4 | Max % | 0.25% | — | DOC |
| Category 5A | Max % | 0.064% | — | DOC |
| Category 5B | Max % | 0.042% | — | DOC |
| Category 5C | Max % | 0.064% | — | DOC |
| Category 5D | Max % | 0.014% | — | DOC |
| Category 6 | Max % | 0.15% | — | DOC |
| Category 7A | Max % | 0.17% | — | DOC |
| Category 7B | Max % | 0.17% | — | DOC |
| Category 8 | Max % | 0.014% | — | DOC |
| Category 9 | Max % | 0.49% | — | DOC |
| Category 10A | Max % | 0.49% | — | DOC |
| Category 10B | Max % | 1.8% | — | DOC |
| Category 11A | Max % | 0.014% | — | DOC |
| Category 11B | Max % | 0.014% | — | DOC |
| Category 12 | No restriction | — | No Restriction | 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 % |
|---|---|---|
| Cinnamon bark oil, Laos | Cinnamomum loureiroi Nees | 95% |
| Cassia bark extract | Cinnamomum cassia Blume | 44% |
| Cinnamon bark extract | Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume | 38% |
| Tolu, balsam, extract | Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms. | 0.5% |
| Hyacinth Absolute | Hyacinthus orientalis L. | 0.3% |
| Styrax Oil | Liquidambar styraciflua L. | 0.05% |