beta-phenethyl acetate

fruity ester

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold: 249.59 ppb

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

~ Isomer match

FEMA number: 2857
GRAS publication: GRAS 3
FEMA primary name: PHENETHYL ACETATE

Use-level matrix not extracted for this substance — check the source publication for current ppm guidance.

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?
air	249.8 µg/L air	0.25–909	8	7	no (3.4 decades)
ethanol solution	250 ppb	0.25–1.8e+03	21	21	yes
food matrix	250 ppb	12–2.5e+05	66	60	yes
model wine or beer	250 ppb	73–1.8e+03	6	6	yes
unstated	250 ppb	0.65–2.5e+04	139	131	yes
water	249.6 ppb	2.16–6.5e+03	18	17	yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain beta-phenethyl 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 beta-phenethyl acetate in it.

rose

flower

76 cmpds

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