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2-furanmethanol, 5-methyl-

caramel furan

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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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.

MediumMedianRangeValuesPapersPapers agree?
air 32 µg/L air 32–32 11 one paper
food matrix 100 ppb 100–100 11 one paper
starch or other 11.9 ppb 11.9–11.9 11 one paper
unstated 4485 ppb 4.49e+03–4.49e+03 11 one paper
water 0.3 ppb 0.3–0.3 11 one paper

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Measured impact first, then profile share

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

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