fatty acid esters

fruity ester

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold: 10.93 ppb

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number: 4307
GRAS publication: GRAS 23
FEMA primary name: Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol

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	0.8	1.5
beverages (nonalcoholic)	0.2	0.3
chewing gum	45	90
condiments/ relishes	0.2	0.4
confectionery frostings	4.5	9
fish products	0.03	0.06
gelatins/ puddings	2.5	5
gravies	0.1	0.2
hard candy	2	4
instant coffee/tea	0.6	1.3
meat products	0.002	0.004
milk products	0.3	0.6
poultry	0.003	0.006
seasonings/ flavors	0.1	0.2
soft candy	3	6
soups	0.1	0.2

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	2.8e+04 µg/L air	2.8e+04–2.8e+04	1	1	one paper
unstated	2.322e+05 ppb	97–4.5e+05	4	3	no (3.7 decades)
water	4.5e+05 ppb	4.5e+05–4.5e+05	1	1	one paper

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain fatty acid esters. 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 fatty acid esters in it.

sake

beverage alcoholic

320 cmpds

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