Ethyl Maltol

Ethyl Maltol is a crystalline powder in its pure form. If you are not comfortable working with this material in its pure form, we provide a pre-dissolved solution in DPG at 10% here for your convenience.

Ethyl Maltol has a dreamy, sugary sweet, caramel, strawberry jam-like odour evocative of freshly spun candy floss.

It’s an extremely powerful material commonly used in high dilution for adding sweetness to a blend or in conjunction with Vanilla to produce a seductively, edible scent.

Trace amounts used in combination with fruity esters produce realistic fruit accords, particularly Strawberry, Pineapple, Nectarine, Peach and Apricot.

With Allyl Hexanoat, it will give the illusion of fresh Pineapples. Likewise when used in combination with Gamma Octalactone and Stemone, Ethyl Maltol will create the illusion of ripe figs and with Fructone will lend itself to the illusion of fresh Strawberries.

Product specification.

CAS No: 4940-11-8
Odour Description (decreasing): Sweet, Sugary, Caramellic, Jammy, Strawberry-like
Odour Description at 5% in Benzyl Alcohol: Sweet, Caramel, Jam, Strawberry, Cotton Candy
Odour Strength: Medium (recommend smelling in a 5% solution or less)
Usage: Effective from the smallest traces, through to 0.2%
Substantivity: 360 hour(s) at 20% in Benzyl Alcohol
Solvent: None
Synonyms: Ethyl Maltol FCC, 3-hydroxy-2-ethyl-4H-pyran-4-one
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