2-furancarboxaldehyde, 5-methyl-

caramel furan

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold: 500.0 ppb
Retention index: 1569

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	1110 µg/L air	500–1.11e+03	6	4	yes
ethanol solution	2.412e+05 ppb	1.6e+04–4.66e+05	2	2	yes
food matrix	1110 ppb	1.11–2e+07	11	11	no (2.6 decades)
model wine or beer	2e+04 ppb	2e+04–2e+04	1	1	one paper
oil	685 ppb	260–1.11e+03	2	2	yes
unstated	1000 ppb	0.5–2.4e+06	35	33	no (3.1 decades)
water	1105 ppb	0.005–6e+03	18	17	no (2.6 decades)

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 2-furancarboxaldehyde, 5-methyl-. 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-furancarboxaldehyde, 5-methyl- in it.

bread

bakery

210 cmpds

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