Mercaptan
Marinegrapefruit
Mercaptan is an aroma compound in the marine family, recognizable as grapefruit. It shows up in 1 ingredient in the escoff catalog.
01At a glance
Aroma familyMarine
Wheel notegrapefruit
Found in1 ingredient
PotencyTrace-level; intense.
02What it smells like
Sulfurous — tropical grapefruit-blackcurrant in trace, skunky at strength.
03Also found in· 3
grapefruitpassionfruitSauvignon Blanc
04In the kitchen
A thiol that lends grapefruit and passionfruit their zing; extraordinarily powerful.
05Where it sits
Aroma family
grapefruit
06Found in these ingredients· 1
07Other marine compounds· 6