pyrazine, 2-methoxy-3-(2-methylpropyl)-

roasted pyrazine

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold: 0.007 ppb

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	0.00367 µg/L air	0.001–0.045	3	1	one paper
ethanol solution	0.002 ppb	0.002–0.002	1	1	one paper
food matrix	0.38 ppb	3.8e-05–15	6	5	no (4.3 decades)
model wine or beer	0.002 ppb	0.002–0.002	1	1	one paper
oil	5000 ppb	0.4–1e+04	2	2	no (4.4 decades)
unstated	0.002 ppb	0.001–5.75	13	10	yes
water	0.007 ppb	0.002–0.038	11	9	yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain pyrazine, 2-methoxy-3-(2-methylpropyl)-. 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-methoxy-3-(2-methylpropyl)- in it.

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474 cmpds

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