VERIFIED CLAIM · CORRECTED

Ginger contains multiple aroma-active volatiles

A gas chromatography–olfactometry study of ginger identified multiple aroma-active volatile compounds, including several especially potent odorants.

Scope

Supports a multi-compound aroma basis in ginger; it does not imply identical composition across fresh, dried or processed ginger.

Correction

The claim spoke of gas chromatography–olfactometry studies of ginger. Its source is one study, so the claim now says a study.

Correction notice published 14 October 2026.

How this was found

Odour analysis with human assessors. People smelled the separated compounds or the material itself (for example gas chromatography–olfactometry, dilution analysis, recombination or a sensory panel).

Source: primary study; sensory or perception work.

Studied: ginger volatile extracts, by gas chromatography–olfactometry and dilution analysis.

This describes how the source's evidence was produced. What the claim itself covers is its scope, above; how SmellBook checked the claim, where it could, is the next section.

How this claim was checked

SmellBook checked this claim against the source's own words, so that the claim says no more than the source supports. This does not repeat or re-test the study itself.

An editor read the abstract, found the claim said more than it supports, and narrowed the claim; the correction notice records what changed. Abstract from Europe PMC (ebi.ac.uk/europepmc).