Malic Acid
Fruityapple
Malic Acid is an aroma compound in the fruity family, recognizable as apple. It shows up in 33 ingredients in the escoff catalog.
01At a glance
Aroma familyFruity
Wheel noteapple
Found in33 ingredients
PotencyA tastant; bright sourness.
02What it smells like
Crisp, tart green-apple sourness — taste, not smell.
03Also found in· 4
applegraperhubarbstone fruit
04In the kitchen
The sharp acid of apples; mellows to lactic acid in fermentation.
05Where it sits
Aroma family
apple
06Found in these ingredients· 33
Tomato
vegetable
Kale
vegetable
Artichoke
vegetable
Endive
vegetable
Radicchio
vegetable
Tomatillo
vegetable
Apple
fruit
Strawberry
fruit
Blueberry
fruit
Blackberry
fruit
Plum
fruit
Nectarine
fruit
Sultana
sweetener
Boysenberry
fruit
Gooseberry
fruit
Rhubarb
vegetable
Tamarind
acid
Apple Cider Vinegar
acid
07Other fruity compounds· 20