Warm, richly spicy aroma dominated by eugenol — clove-like and phenolic with a peppery lift and a soft balsamic, slightly woody-sweet undertone. The oleoresin form is denser and more tenacious than the distilled oil, with a rounded, almost resinous depth behind the initial spice heat.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 329.
Pimenta berry oleoresin is usually a dark brown viscous liquid or heterogeneous mass of a grainy paste at the bottom of an oily liquid.
The sweetness and naturalness is striking, and the small amounts of resinous matter give the extract an exceptional tenacity and richness in body.
In respect to flavor, it is superior to the essential oil by far.
A great number of the larger flavor extract consumers prepare their own type of pimenta berry extract according to specific needs for spice blends to the canning industry.
The steam distillation of crushed pimenta berries requires up to 12 hours of operation in order to exhaust the plant material completely.