Isovaleric Acid

Sour spice with cheese cream and lingonberry fruity aroma

Product Overview & Features

Sour spice with cheese cream and lingonberry fruity aroma

Isovaleric acid has a pungent rancid smell, and when highly diluted, it has a sweet fruity aroma and a bilberry-like aroma. Naturally found in valerian oil, vanilla oil, hop oil, bay leaf oil, spearmint oil, etc. It is mainly used to prepare cheese and cream flavors, and is also used in trace amounts for fruit flavors. It is a characteristic flavor substance of fermented foods such as cheese, fermented bean curd, and natto, and can also be used in baked goods and meat products.

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Chemical Formula
C₅H₁₀O₂
Applicable Standard
GB 29938-2020
CAS No.
503-74-2
Product Characteristics
Colorless viscous liquid with a strong pungent rancid smell
Packaging
25kg/barrel
Isovaleric Acid — colorless oily liquid

Product Applications

Cheese Cream

It gives food the strong characteristic aroma of cheese and cream and is the core sour component of dairy flavor.

Fermentation Flavor

As a characteristic flavor substance of fermented foods such as cheese, fermented bean curd, and natto, it enhances the authenticity of the aroma of fermented foods.

Lingonberry Fruity Aroma

After being highly diluted, it presents a sweet and fruity aroma like bilberry, and is used for blending berry flavors.

Baked Meats

Used in baked goods and meat products to provide a sour and fresh aroma.

Food
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