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2-heptylfuran

caramel furan

Found in 9 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of 2-heptylfuran
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C11H18O
Molecular weight
166.26 g/mol
PubChem CID
19603 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description
green, fatty, nutty, oily
Volatility
medium
CAS number
3777-71-7
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number
3401
GRAS publication
GRAS 7
FEMA primary name
2-HEPTYLFURAN

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.

fatty, green, lactonic, nutty, oily, roasted FlavorDB 2.0
7
green, fatty, lactonic, oily, roasted, nutty FlavorDB 2.0
2
green, fatty, nutty, oily 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 2-heptylfuran. 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 2-heptylfuran in it.

fried potato
bakery
59 cmpds
meat
meat
87 cmpds
filbert
nut
92 cmpds
beef processed
meat
167 cmpds
nuts
nut
210 cmpds
chicken
meat
443 cmpds
beef
meat
451 cmpds
potato
vegetable tuber
463 cmpds
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