dec-4-enal
green aldehydeFound in 3 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.
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Properties
- Odor description
- aldehydic, citrus, fatty, orange
FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use
- FEMA number
- 4904
- GRAS publication
- GRAS 29
- CAS number
- 115018-39-8
- FEMA primary name
- trans-Tetradec-4-enal
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 | 0.5 | 35 |
| beverages, alcoholic | 0.3 | 20 |
| beverages, non-alcoholic | 0.1 | 10 |
| breakfast cereals | 0.3 | 25 |
| cheeses | 0.1 | 10 |
| chewing gum | 2.5 | 55 |
| condiments and relishes | 0.3 | 20 |
| confections and frostings | 0.2 | 15 |
| fats and oils | 0.3 | 20 |
| fish products | 0.3 | 20 |
| frozen dairy | 0.5 | 25 |
| fruit ices | 0.4 | 25 |
| gelatins and puddings | 0.4 | 25 |
| gravies | 0.2 | 25 |
| hard candy | 0.3 | 25 |
| instant coffee and tea | 0.3 | 25 |
| jams and jellies | 0.5 | 35 |
| meat products | 0.2 | 15 |
| milk products | 0.3 | 15 |
| nut products | 0.2 | 10 |
| poultry | 0.3 | 15 |
| processed fruits | 0.4 | 20 |
| seasonings and flavors | 20 | 100 |
| snack foods | 0.3 | 20 |
| soft candy | 0.3 | 20 |
| soups | 0.2 | 25 |
| sweet sauces | 0.3 | 25 |
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 | 0.0012 µg/L air | 0.0012–0.0012 | 3 | 1 | one paper |
| food matrix | 58.01 ppb | 10–106 | 2 | 2 | yes |
| unstated | 25 ppb | 25–25 | 5 | 5 | yes |
| water | 0.004 ppb | 0.004–0.004 | 1 | 1 | one paper |
Found in
Measured impact first, then profile shareEvery ingredient known to contain dec-4-enal. 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 dec-4-enal in it.
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