base gourmand

Gamma Octalactone Substitutes & Alternatives

coconut creamy fruity sweet waxy fatty oily coumarin

Gamma Octalactone has a pronounced creamy, coconut-like aroma with fruity undertones and subtle waxy, coumarinic nuances.

Same material — different names

These share the same CAS number (104-50-7) — the same core molecule sold under different trade names. They're close to interchangeable, but purity and isomer ratio can cause subtle differences in strength and character, so treat them as near-identical rather than exactly the same.

gamma-Octalactone CAS 104-50-7
Same molecule

15 substitutes for Gamma Octalactone

1.

Delta Nonalactone

50.8% match
heart gourmand
Why this substitute

Shares coconut, creamy, sweet, fatty, coumarin and oily

2.

Aldehyde C-18 COCONUT (so-called)

46.8% match
base gourmand
Why this substitute

Shares creamy, coconut, sweet, waxy, fatty and oily

3.

Undecalactone Gamma Coeur

45.8% match
base fruity
Why this substitute

Shares creamy, coconut, fruity and fatty

4.

Lactojasmone

35.6% match
base floral
Why this substitute

Shares coconut, creamy, sweet, coumarin and fatty

5.

Gamma Heptalactone

34.0% match
base gourmand
Why this substitute

Shares coconut, creamy, sweet and coumarin

6.

Dihydrocoumarin

33.9% match
heart gourmand
Why this substitute

Shares creamy, sweet, coconut and coumarin

7.

Delta Undecalactone

32.3% match
base fruity
Why this substitute

Shares creamy, coconut, fatty, waxy and coumarin

8.

Coconut Fleuressence

31.5% match
heart fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares coconut and creamy

9.

COCOA BUTTER F-TEC

31.1% match
base fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares coconut, creamy, sweet and fatty

10.

Delta Decalactone

29.2% match
base gourmand
Why this substitute

Shares creamy, coconut and sweet

11.

Coconut Delight

29.1% match
base fruity
Why this substitute

Shares coconut, sweet and oily

12.

Methyl Laitone

28.6% match
base gourmand
Why this substitute

Shares creamy, coconut, coumarin and fruity

13.

Alpha Angelica Lactone

26.7% match
base gourmand
Why this substitute

Shares sweet, coconut, creamy and coumarin

14.

Delta Octalactone

26.7% match
base gourmand
Why this substitute

Shares coconut, creamy and sweet

15.

Gamma Hexalactone

26.1% match
base gourmand
Why this substitute

Shares sweet, creamy, coconut and coumarin