pyrazine, 2-ethyl-6-methyl-

roasted pyrazine

Found in 3 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor description: pleasant notes
Odor threshold: 1024304.64 ppb (1 source, non-SIDA)
CAS number: 13925-03-6
Retention index: 1386

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	40 µg/L air	40–40	5	5	yes
ethanol solution	1.68 ppb	4e-05–40	3	3	no (6.0 decades)
food matrix	40 ppb	0.04–240	9	8	no (3.4 decades)
oil	40 ppb	0.005–51	4	4	no (4.0 decades)
unstated	40 ppb	0.005–500	23	16	yes
water	40 ppb	0.04–40	9	9	no (3.0 decades)

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain pyrazine, 2-ethyl-6-methyl-. 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 pyrazine, 2-ethyl-6-methyl- in it.

210 cmpds

387 cmpds

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