ATLAS OF ODOR CHARACTER PROFILES

Sponsored by

Section E-18.04.12 on Odor Profiling of Subcommittee E-18.04on Instrumental-Sensory Relationships ASTM Committee E-18 on Sensory Evaluation of Materials and Products

Compiled by

Andrew Dravnieks Institute of Olfactory Sciences Park Forest, IL 60466

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Dravnieks, Andrew. Atlas of odor character profiles.

(ASTM data series; DS 61) "ASTM publication code number (PCN) 05-061000-36." 1. Odor control—Atlases. 2. Chemistry, Analytic—

Atlases. I. ASTM Committee E-18 on Sensory Evaluation of Materials and Products. Section E-18.04.12 on Odor Profiling. II. Title. III. Series: ASTM data series publication; DS 61. TD886.D73 1985 152.T66 85-15068 ISBN 0-8031-0456-1

Copyright © by AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS 1985 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-15068

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Printed in Baltimore. MD. July 1985

Second Printing, Baltimore, MD. February 1992

FOREWORD

This atlas is a result of the work of many individuals. Some of the following people were actively assisting throughout the project, in addition to organizing the profile data collection within their organizations:

Jarke, Frank H. IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60616. Masurat, Thomas. Warner-Lambert Research Institute, Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950. McDaniel, Harry C. Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45224. McDaniel, Jerry W. Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224. Meilgaard, Morten C. Stroh Brewery Company, Detroit, Michigan 48226. Powers, John J. Department of Food Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602. Warren, Craig B. International Flavors and Fragrances, Union Beach, New Jersey 07735 Withycombe, Donald A. International Flavors and Fragrances, Union Beach, New Jersey 07735.

The individuals listed below conducted profile data collection with assistance of panelists recruited from their respective organizations:

Cain, William S. John B. Pierce Foundation, New Haven, Connecticut 06519. Baker, Robert A. U.S. Geological Survey, Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center, NSTL Sta- tion, Mississippi 39529. Bloomquist, Jean M. Quaker Oats Company, Barrington, Illinois 60010. Booth, Barbara. Swift and Company, Oak Brook, Illinois 60521. Burns, Phyllis. General Foods Corporation, Tarrytown, New York 10625. Fellin, Valerie. Quaker Oats Company, Barrington, Illinois 60010. Gaynor, Allan. IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60616. Harper, Roland. Department of Food Science, Reading University, Reading RG1 5AQ, England. Jones, David R. IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60616. Luebcke, Erdmann H. IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60616. Monte, Woodrow C. Food and Nutrition Laboratories, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287. Radtke, Linda H. Swift and Company, Oak Brook, Illinois 60521. Rodriguez, Nancy. Swift and Company, Oak Brook, Illinois 60521. Sidman, Sol W. Candess Industries, Inc., Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts 02164. Skinner, Elaine Z. General Foods Corporation, Tarrytown, New York 10591. Southwick, Rett. Philip Morris, Inc., P.O. Box 26583, Richmond, Virginia 23261. Thomson, David M. H. Department of Food Science, Reading University, Reading RG1 5AQ, England. Whitlock, Suzanne W. Hershey Foods Corporation, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033. Wilcove, W. Gregg. Warner-Lambert Research Institute, Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950. Wu, Louise. Philip Morris, Inc., P.O. Box 26583, Richmond, Virginia 23261.

Structural, chemical, and nomenclature data for the completion of the profile tables were provided by:

Yoshida, Takao. International Flavors and Fragrances, Union Beach, New Jersey 07735.

Samples of the odorous materials were donated by:

IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60616. Institute of Olfactory Sciences, Park Forest, Illinois 60466. International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., Union Beach, New Jersey 07735. Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224.

The following organizations participated in all or in a part of the profiling project, with most of them providing up to ten panelists per sample per organization, and collectively donating approximately 3000 hours of panelists' time:

Arizona State University, Food Science and Nutrition Laboratories, Tempe, Arizona 85287. Candess Industries, Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts 02164. General Foods Corporation, Tarrytown, New York 10591. Hershey Foods Corporation, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033. IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60616. International Flavors and Fragrances, Union Beach, New Jersey 07735. John B. Pierce Foundation, New Haven, Connecticut 06519. Philip Morris, Inc., Richmond, Virginia 23261. Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224 Quaker Oats Company, Barrington, Illinois 60010. Shell Development Company, Houston, Texas 77001. Stroh Brewery Company, Detroit, Michigan 48226. Swift and Company, Oak Brook, Illinois 60521. University of Georgia, Department of Food Science, Athens, Georgia 30602. University of Reading, Department of Food Science, Reading RG1 5AQ, England. U.S. Geological Survey, Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center, NSTL Station, Mississippi 39529. Warner-Lambert Institute, Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950.

Raw data were converted to tables for use in this Atlas by:

Institute of Olfactory Sciences, Park Forest, Illinois 60466.

Related ASTM Publications

Compilation of Odor and Taste Threshold Values Data, DS-48A (1978), 05-048010-36 Correlation of Subjective-Objective Methods in the Study of Odors and Taste, STP 440 (1968) Manual on Consumer Sensory Evaluation, STP 682 (1979) 04-682000-36. Guidelines for the Selection and Training of Sensory Panel Members, STP 758 (1981),

04-758000-36.