ferulic acid

sour phenylpropanoid

Found in 138 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C10H10O4
Molecular weight: 194.18 g/mol
PubChem CID: 445858 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description: flavor-inactive precursor
Odor threshold: 6.0 ppb
Varies by food: 6 – 8.5e+04 ppb across the ingredients we hold it in. The figure shown is the lowest of those, not a measurement for any single food.
Volatility: medium
CAS number: 1135-24-6
Retention index: 8

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.

Medium	Median	Range	Values	Papers	Papers agree?
air	6.2e+04 µg/L air	6.2e+04–6.2e+04	3	1	one paper
unstated	1.549e+04 ppb	1.55e+04–1.55e+04	1	1	one paper
water	1.3e+04 ppb	1.3e+04–1.3e+04	1	1	one paper

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain ferulic acid. 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 ferulic acid in it.

30 cmpds

95 cmpds

✓1 104 cmpds

115 cmpds