Sharp, pungent salty-ammoniacal note reminiscent of salmiak (salty licorice). Delivers a mineral, tongue-tingling saline effect with a biting ammonia edge in isolation. Used in trace amounts in gourmand/licorice accords for a savory-salty lift.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 58.
White granular, crystalline powder or colorless crystals.
Soluble about 28° in water at room temperature. About 1° in alcohol, 12% in glycerin.
The dry material is odorless at room temperature. Strong aqueous solutions and heated crystals show odor of ammonia.
Cool saline taste, thirst-producing.
Used in licorice candy along with anise oil or flavor to give cool and salty taste.
Produced from Ammonia and Hydrochloric acid gases.