methyl 3-hydroxyoctanoate

fruity ester

Found in 4 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C9H18O3
Molecular weight: 174.24 g/mol
PubChem CID: 110974 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Volatility: medium
CAS number: 7367-87-5

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?
food matrix	125 ppb	125–125	1	1	one paper

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain methyl 3-hydroxyoctanoate. 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 methyl 3-hydroxyoctanoate in it.

✓1 26 cmpds

✓1 220 cmpds

✓1 364 cmpds

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