2-furanmethyl acetate

caramel furan

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold: 100.0 ppb
CAS number: 623-17-6

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?
food matrix	540 ppb	540–540	1	1	one paper
unstated	2.605e+04 ppb	281–1e+07	8	5	yes
water	100 ppb	100–281	3	3	yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 2-furanmethyl acetate. 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-furanmethyl acetate in it.

wine

beverage alcoholic

565 cmpds

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