phenylacetic acid, ethyl ester

fruity ester

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.

Medium	Median	Range	Values	Papers	Papers agree?
air	328.5 µg/L air	250–407	2	2	yes
ethanol solution	407 ppb	73–650	15	13	yes
food matrix	155.6 ppb	40–3.5e+07	11	10	no (2.3 decades)
model wine or beer	162.5 ppb	75–250	2	2	yes
unstated	407 ppb	0.47–4.07e+05	53	46	yes
water	155.6 ppb	1–250	9	8	no (2.2 decades)

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain phenylacetic acid, ethyl ester. 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 phenylacetic acid, ethyl ester in it.

sake

beverage alcoholic

320 cmpds

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