2-isopropyltoluene

terpene

Found in 2 ingredients 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.

Medium	Median	Range	Values	Papers	Papers agree?
air	2006 µg/L air	11.4–4e+03	2	2	no (2.5 decades)
food matrix	11.44 ppb	11.4–13.3	4	4	yes
not applicable	2.626e+04 ppb	2.63e+04–2.63e+04	1	1	one paper
oil	250 ppb	250–250	1	1	one paper
unstated	5 ppb	0.004–11.4	7	7	no (3.5 decades)
water	11.4 ppb	0.004–571	8	8	no (5.0 decades)

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 2-isopropyltoluene. 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-isopropyltoluene in it.

75 cmpds

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