Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.
| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| BLACK PEPPER | — | 20–50% |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 245.
Colorless oily liquid.
Woody-spicy, dry and tenacious odor.
Dry-woody, somewhat bitter taste.
Occasionally used in perfume compositions, but the modern derivatives of Caryophyllene are more and more preferred.
Used in flavor compositions, mainly in spice blends and particularly for chewing gum, where concentrations may be as high as 200 ppm. It also acts as a fixative for the more volatile spice chemicals such as Cinnamic aldehyde, etc.
Produced by isolation from Clove leaf oil, Clove stem oil or Cinnamon leaf oil.