propiophenone
fruity oxygenated compoundFound in 12 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.
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- Formula
- C9H10O
- Molecular weight
- 134.17 g/mol
- PubChem CID
- 7148 — full record on PubChem
Properties
- Odor description
- hawthorn, lilac
- Volatility
- high
- CAS number
- 93-55-0
FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use
- FEMA number
- 3469
- GRAS publication
- GRAS 9
- FEMA primary name
- PROPIOPHENONE
Use-level matrix not extracted for this substance — check the source publication for current ppm guidance.
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unstated | 65 ppb | 65–65 | 1 | 1 | one paper |
Found in
Measured impact first, then profile shareEvery ingredient known to contain propiophenone. 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 propiophenone in it.
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