Naringin is the bitter flavonoid found in grapefruit peel and pith. As a crystalline solid it is essentially odorless — it's a taste compound (intensely bitter) rather than an aroma chemical, and has negligible volatility.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 999.
White amorphous or microcrystalline powder.
Soluble in water and diluted alcohol, not soluble in oil.
Virtually odorless
It has a clean, bitter taste, although not excessively powerful.
It has found extensive use as a natural flavor extractive.
1) by extraction from Grapefruit peel. 2) synthetic (Japanese patent).