beta-phenethyl alcohol

floral alcohol Key food odorant

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Key food odorant (intermediary)

Dunkel et al. 2014

Identified in the meta-analysis of 227 food samples as one of 57 intermediary odorants — appears in 5–25% of foods. Characteristic odor: flowery, wine-like.
Detection threshold in water: 590 ppb — matrix effects can shift this substantially in a real food.

Source: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7124–7143

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

~ Isomer match

FEMA number: 2858
GRAS publication: GRAS 3
FEMA primary name: PHENETHYL ALCOHOL

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	564.2 µg/L air	0.0012–3.1e+04	22	20	no (6.1 decades)
ethanol solution	1e+04 ppb	0.002–4e+04	24	22	no (2.3 decades)
food matrix	1e+04 ppb	0.0005–2.89e+07	104	93	no (3.2 decades)
model wine or beer	1.4e+04 ppb	14–2e+05	5	5	no (4.2 decades)
not applicable	900 ppb	60–1.4e+04	3	3	no (2.4 decades)
oil	211 ppb	211–2e+03	3	2	yes
starch or other	125 ppb	125–125	1	1	one paper
unstated	1200 ppb	0.015–1.4e+06	215	191	no (2.9 decades)
water	345 ppb	0.015–9.59e+04	88	85	no (2.5 decades)

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

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

sake

beverage alcoholic

320 cmpds

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