2-formyl-1-methylpyrrole

roasted pyrrole

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor description: seaweed-like
Odor threshold: 37.0 ppb

Not in FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. Of 3,367 listed flavoring substances, none match this compound name. May still be food-safe under other regulatory routes (FDA 21 CFR 172, EFSA, JECFA) — check femaflavor.org for the authoritative current list.

Thresholds in published tables

Numbers printed in open-access papers, grouped by the medium the table states. Median and full range of the values; “agree” means two or more papers whose middle 80% of values sit within 100×. Not reviewed.

Medium	Median	Range	Values	Papers	Papers agree?
air	370 µg/L air	370–370	1	1	one paper
food matrix	37 ppb	37–37	1	1	one paper
oil	20 ppb	20–20	1	1	one paper
unstated	588 ppb	37–2.94e+03	8	4	yes
water	37 ppb	37–37	3	3	yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 2-formyl-1-methylpyrrole. Ingredients with a measured concentration come first, ranked by odour activity; the rest follow by how large a share of that ingredient's profile this molecule is. The figure beside each is how many different compounds that ingredient has in total — not the concentration of 2-formyl-1-methylpyrrole in it.

green tea

beverage caffeinated

564 cmpds

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