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1,1-dimethoxyethane

fruity oxygenated compound

Found in 11 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of 1,1-dimethoxyethane
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C4H10O2
Molecular weight
90.12 g/mol
PubChem CID
10795 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description
ethereal, sweet, green, sharp
Volatility
high
CAS number
534-15-6
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number
3426
GRAS publication
GRAS 8
FEMA primary name
1,1-DIMETHOXYETHANE

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

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

How this molecule is described

Sources disagree about odour more often than they disagree about chemistry. Rather than show one answer, here is every description on file with how many ingredient records carry it.

Descriptions on file

Ordered by how many independent descriptor streams give each wording, then by how often it appears. The bar is still replication — one source copied onto many ingredients scores high there — so the two can disagree.

alcohol, ether, green, new mown hay, sharp, sweet FlavorDB 2.0
10
sharp, sweet, alcohol, ether, green, new mown hay FlavorDB 2.0
1
ethereal, sweet, green, sharp shown above Llm Adjudicated
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Bars are the share of ingredient records carrying each description. High agreement means the sources replicate each other — not necessarily that they are right.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 1,1-dimethoxyethane. 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 1,1-dimethoxyethane in it.

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