benzeneacetonitrile

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

CAS number: 140-29-4
Retention index: 1115

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number: 4496
GRAS publication: GRAS 24
FEMA primary name: N-p-Benzeneacetonitrile-menthanecarboxamide

Reported use levels (ppm by food category)

Typical vs maximum reported addition levels in finished food. Use as a regulatory ceiling reference — verify against the current GRAS publication for your product category.

Food category	Typical (ppm)	Maximum (ppm)
beverages (nonalcoholic)	1	5
chewing gum	200	800
hard candy	150	250

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

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?
unstated	13.46 ppb	0.724–1e+03	11	7	no (3.0 decades)
water	1000 ppb	1–1.2e+03	5	5	no (3.1 decades)

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain benzeneacetonitrile. 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 benzeneacetonitrile in it.

honey

plant derivative

364 cmpds

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