3-methylpyridine

What does 3-methylpyridine smell like?

We hold no odour description for 3-methylpyridine.

Which foods contain 3-methylpyridine?

We list 4 ingredients that contain it, but presence is not the same as smell. What matters is how much is there compared with how little it takes to notice it. That ratio is the odour activity value (OAV): above 1, you can smell it.

Found in

Measured foods first, then real food profiles, then thin or composite records (marked). The figure beside each is how many compounds that ingredient has in total, not the amount of 3-methylpyridine in it. ✓n = sources that recorded the link.

• orange fruit 472 cmpds
• green tea beverage caffeinated ✓1 564 cmpds
• black tea beverage caffeinated ✓1 586 cmpds
• tea plant ✓1 617 cmpds

How strong is 3-methylpyridine?

We hold no published odour threshold for 3-methylpyridine, so we cannot say how little of it you could smell.

Thresholds in published tables

Numbers printed in open-access papers, grouped by the medium the table states. Median and full range; “agree” means two or more papers whose middle 80% of values sit within 100×. Not reviewed.

Volatility

high

Is 3-methylpyridine safe to eat?

Not in FEMA GRAS publications 1–33. Of 3,367 listed flavoring substances, none match this compound or its other names. It may still be food-safe under other regulatory routes (FDA 21 CFR 172, EFSA, JECFA); check femaflavor.org for the authoritative current list.

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