PubChem CID · CC0
/ COMPOUND
4-oxopentanoic acid
PubChem CID 11579Formula C5H8O3MW 116.1124 food sources
Odor — measured
Measured odor descriptors · sourced from olfactory literature
sweetmeasuredacidicmeasuredcreamymeasuredbutterymeasuredvanillameasuredguaiacolmeasuredcaramellicmeasured
Taste — measured
Measured taste class · sourced from taste-chemistry databases
sourmeasuredsweetmeasured
Bioactivity signal
Structure-activity model estimate · not measured
60%
predicted bioactivity probability
medium confidencelow structural similarity to training set
Foods containing this compound
Cherry
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Cherry, sour, red, raw
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Cherry, sour, red, canned, water pack, solids and liquid
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Cherry, sour, red, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid
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Cherry, sour, red, canned, extra heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid
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Cherry, sweet, raw
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Cherry, sweet, canned, water pack, solids and liquid
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Source
Compound data linked to PubChem CID 11579, public domain via NCBI. Culinary context + ingredient mappings are maintained by Foodgeist's enrichment fleet and continuously re-matched by the pairings engine. PubChem CID 11579
The Geist can be wrong. Some flavor, taste, and pairing values are model-predicted, not lab-measured.
