DESCRIZIONE
The invention relates to new derivatives of 2-methyl-3-furanthiol which are useful as flavoring ingredients to confer meaty, juicy taste to a large variety of edible consumer products, chewing gums and oral care products, without imparting thereto undesirable off- notes typical of prior known furanthiol derivatives. The compounds of the invention are derivatives of 2-methyl-3-furanthiol and obey the general formula (I) wherein R represents a group of formula (II) or (III)