Thread: Why do ripe fruits -- especially when canned -- smell bad? -- excluding apples and cantaloupes
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Old 28-07-2007, 05:31 AM posted to sci.bio.food-science,sci.chem,rec.gardens.edible,sci.agriculture.fruit,sci.bio.botany
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Default Why do ripe fruits -- especially when canned -- smell bad? -- excluding apples and cantaloupes
On Jul 27, 7:47 pm, Mark Thorson wrote:

A couple possibilities you haven't considered are
ethyl acetate and isoamyl acetate.

http://www.osha.gov/dts/sltc/methods...42/pv2142.html

According to the above link, isoamyl acetate smells like pears or
bananas. Wrong chemical.

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthguide...cognition.html

According to the above link, ethyl acetate has a pleasant fruity odor.
Again, wrong chemical.

Neither ethyl acetate or isoamyl acetate are responsble for the ripe
fruit odor.

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