cis-3-nonen-1-ol
alcoholFound in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.
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Properties
- Odor description
- fresh, green, melon rind, mushroom, tropical, waxy
FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use
- FEMA number
- 4412
- GRAS publication
- GRAS 23
- FEMA primary name
- cis-3-Nonen-1-ol
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) |
|---|---|---|
| baked goods | 0.02 | 0.2 |
| beverages (alcoholic) | 0.1 | 1 |
| beverages (nonalcoholic) | 0.1 | 1 |
| chewing gum | 0.2 | 2 |
| frozen dairy | 0.1 | 1 |
| hard candy | 0.2 | 2 |
| milk products | 0.1 | 1 |
| soft candy | 0.2 | 2 |
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 | 0.3 µg/L air | 0.3–1 | 3 | 2 | yes |
| food matrix | 306.5 ppb | 1–612 | 2 | 2 | no (2.8 decades) |
| unstated | 0.6 ppb | 0.1–1.07e+03 | 5 | 5 | no (4.0 decades) |
| water | 7e+04 ppb | 7e+04–7e+04 | 1 | 1 | one paper |
Found in
Measured impact first, then profile shareEvery ingredient known to contain cis-3-nonen-1-ol. 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 cis-3-nonen-1-ol in it.
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