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beta-trans-ocimene

herbal terpene

Found in 2 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

CAS number
3779-61-1
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.

MediumMedianRangeValuesPapersPapers agree?
air 34 µg/L air 0.0187–340 75 no (3.5 decades)
food matrix 34 ppb 3–34 88 yes
oil 34 ppb 34–34 22 yes
unstated 34 ppb 0.0187–340 3229 no (3.2 decades)
water 34 ppb 0.0187–340 1414 no (3.8 decades)

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain beta-trans-ocimene. 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-trans-ocimene in it.

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