4-olide
Found in 2 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.
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Properties
- Odor description
- sweet, cooked, coconut
FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use
- FEMA number
- 5004
- GRAS publication
- GRAS 31
- CAS number
- 40556-69-2
- FEMA primary name
- 2-Methyloctan-4-olide
Reported use levels (ppm by food category)
Typical vs maximum reported addition levels in finished food. Use as a regulatory ceiling reference — verify against the current GRAS publication for your product category.
| Food category | Typical (ppm) | Maximum (ppm) |
|---|---|---|
| beverages type i, non-alcoholic | 0.001 | 0.1 |
| beverages type ii, alcoholic | 0.001 | 0.1 |
| frozen dairy | 0.001 | 0.1 |
| imitation dairy products | 0.001 | 0.1 |
| instant coffee and tea | 0.001 | 0.1 |
| milk products | 0.1 | 1 |
| nut products | 0.1 | 1 |
| seasonings and flavors | 0.1 | 1 |
| snack foods | 0.1 | 1 |
| soups | 0.001 | 0.1 |
Found in
Measured impact first, then profile shareEvery ingredient known to contain 4-olide. 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 4-olide in it.
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