ethylmercaptan

savory thiol

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor description: off-flavor

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number: 4185
GRAS publication: GRAS 22
FEMA primary name: Methylthiomethylmercaptan

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	0.05	0.1
condiments/ relishes	1	2.5
gravies	1	2.5
meat products	1	2.5
seasonings/ flavors	1	2.5
snack foods	1	2.5
soups	1	2.5

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. 1 related FEMA record for this name — verify the exact substance for regulatory use.

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	0.0437 µg/L air	0.0437–0.0437	1	1	one paper
ethanol solution	0.8 ppb	0.8–0.8	1	1	one paper
food matrix	1.1 ppb	1.1–1.1	1	1	one paper
unstated	0.95 ppb	0.8–2	4	4	yes
water	0.095 ppb	0.095–0.095	1	1	one paper

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain ethylmercaptan. 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 ethylmercaptan in it.

sparkling wine

beverage alcoholic

167 cmpds

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