3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol

savory thiol

Found in 3 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold: 17.5 ppb (1 source, non-SIDA)
CAS number: 34300-94-2

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	2.05 µg/L air	1.3–2.8	2	1	one paper
food matrix	3 ppb	2–4	2	2	yes
oil	4 ppb	4–4	1	1	one paper
unstated	4 ppb	4–4	1	1	one paper
water	1.4 ppb	1.3–1.5	2	2	yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol. 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 3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol in it.

58 cmpds

76 cmpds

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