Mercaptans
Marinepassionfruit
Mercaptans is an aroma compound in the marine family, recognizable as passionfruit. It shows up in 1 ingredient in the escoff catalog.
01At a glance
Aroma familyMarine
Wheel notepassionfruit
Found in1 ingredient
PotencyTrace-level; intense.
02What it smells like
Sulfur-tropical — passionfruit and grapefruit zing, skunky high.
03Also found in· 3
passionfruitgrapefruitwine
04In the kitchen
A class of sulfur thiols behind tropical-fruit lift and, in excess, off-notes.
05Where it sits
Aroma family
passionfruit
06Found in these ingredients· 1
07Other marine compounds· 6