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(e)-2-octenoic acid

sour acid

Found in 31 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of (e)-2-octenoic acid
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C8H14O2
Molecular weight
142.20 g/mol
PubChem CID
5282714 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description
at 200.00 ppm in water.
Volatility
high
CAS number
1871-67-6
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number
3957
GRAS publication
GRAS 19
FEMA primary name
(E)-2-OCTENOIC ACID

Use-level matrix not extracted for this substance — check the source publication for current ppm guidance.

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain (e)-2-octenoic acid. 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 (e)-2-octenoic acid in it.

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