l-carvone
It’s that spearminty odor that differentiates and characterizes L-Carvone. A perfect product to create a powerful spearmint note in all kinds of flavor compositions. You can apply our L-Carvone in candy, chewing gum or toothpaste. Or you can process this in certain mint flavor blends, spice blends or liquor flavors.
Anyway, we don’t have to tell you what to do with L-Carvone.
Facts & figures
| Molecular formula | C10H14O |
| Molecular weight | 150.22 g/mol |
| Other names | levo carvone; l-l-Methyl-4-isopropenyl-6-cyclohexen-2-one |
| Physical form | colorless to pale strawberry colored liquid |
| Odor | Spearminty |
| FEMA no. | 2249 |
| Bioling point | 231°C |
| Solubility | Soluble in propyl glycol, most fixed oils; miscible in alcohol, insoluble in glycol(1 ml in 2 ml 70% alcohol) |
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