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furan-2-ylmethanol

caramel furan

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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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.

MediumMedianRangeValuesPapersPapers agree?
air 1200 µg/L air 12.3–4.5e+06 86 no (3.1 decades)
ethanol solution 2000 ppb 0.015–5.47e+04 88 no (6.6 decades)
food matrix 2000 ppb 1–5e+06 1515 no (4.1 decades)
not applicable 1500 ppb 1.5e+03–1.5e+03 11 one paper
oil 1.6e+04 ppb 0.0067–3.2e+04 22 no (6.7 decades)
unstated 2000 ppb 32–1.5e+04 4441 yes
water 2000 ppb 0.3–4.5e+03 1818 no (3.3 decades)

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain furan-2-ylmethanol. 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 furan-2-ylmethanol in it.

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