Aconitic acid is a solid tricarboxylic acid with a faintly tart, sour-fruity odor reminiscent of unripe fruit and mild vinegar. It is used more as a flavor acidulant than a fragrance material, contributing a dry, slightly green sourness rather than a distinct aroma.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 33.
Colorless (white) crystal leaves or plates.
Soluble 16° C in water at 13° C, 33% in water at 25° C. Decomposes when heated to 200° C. Soluble in alcohol and most perfume and flavor materials, poorly soluble in hydrocarbons (terpenes, etc.).
Practically odorless, but has pleasant winey-acid taste in aqueous solution.
Useful for Brandy, Fruit and Rum flavor. Concentrations may be as high as 30 ppm in the finished product.
Useful for Brandy, Fruit and Rum flavor. Concentrations may be as high as 30 ppm in the finished product.
Produced from sugar cane juice (molasses) or by dehydration of citric acid with sulfuric acid, or by catalytic dehydration.