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CLM-COCONUT-001 · VERIFIED

Lactones in coconut aroma

An analysis of dried coconut identified saturated δ-lactones with 8, 10 and 12 carbon atoms as the main components giving coconut its characteristic mild, sweet flavour.

SCOPE

Dried coconut analysed in 1984 without olfactometry; fresh coconut, coconut water and coconut oil may differ.

SUPPORT CHECK

An editor read the abstract fetched from the named service against every part of the claim. Abstract from the publisher's page, fetched in CI, check run 36956169725.

LIFECYCLE

active · reviewed 2026-10-02 · corrections 0

CoconutSB-0060↗

Permanent identifier smellbook:claim:lactones-in-coconut-aroma · Graph record (JSON)

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 349.