Blueberry

Background

The blueberry flavor is a natural flavor that was discovered from blueberries which have been a part of life in North America for the past 13,000 years. The first highbush blueberry bush was successfully cultivated for commercial production in the early 1900s.

Molecular weight: 86.13 g/mol

Functional groups: aldehydes

Elements: hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen.

How is it produced?

The flavor is made through the oxidation of isoamyl alcohol with sodium dichromate and sulfuric acid

Other uses

13-methylbutyraldehyde is also used as a reagent for the production of many pharmecuticals and pesticides

Fun Facts

Blueberries were originally called star-fruits by North American Indigenous people because of the five-pointed star shape on the top of a blueberry

One blueberry bush can produce as many as 6,000 blueberries in a single year.