DEGRADATION ODOR MASKING AGENT FOR CITRAL OR CITRAL-CONTAINING ARTICLE AND DEGRADATION ODOR MASKING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a degradation odor masking agent for citral or a citral-containing article which masks odors of p-cresol and p-methylacetophenone, degradation odors of citral produced on heating of citral or the citral-containing article or generated with time and a degradation odor masking method.SOLUTION: A degradation odor masking agent for citral or a citral-containing article contains one or more selected from ethyl pyruvate, methyl jasmonate, methyl dihydrojasmonate, diethyl malonate, methyl beta-naphthyl ketone, maltol isobutyrate, menthol, lauric acid, acetoin, cinnamyl acetate, benzyl acetate and -terpineol.