ammonia

chemical amine

Found in 416 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: H3N
Molecular weight: 17.031 g/mol
PubChem CID: 222 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description: off-odor
Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 30.4 ppb 1 published value · see all 2 with sources
Volatility: high
CAS number: 7664-41-7

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

~ Likely match

FEMA number: 4494
GRAS publication: GRAS 24
FEMA primary name: Ammonia (also includes ammonium chloride)

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)
confectionery frostings	500	1500
egg products	1000	3000
fish products	1000	3000
hard candy	1000	3000
meat products	1000	3000
milk products	1000	3000
seasonings/ fl avors	1000	3000

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

Published thresholds

2 measured values from the literature. Grouped by what was actually measured — a threshold smelled in clean water, tasted in the mouth, or measured in a real food are three different quantities and are not pooled.

In a food matrix

30.4 ppb

Measured in a real food, where the matrix shifts detection — not a clean-water value.

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
30.4 ppb	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	17393149, 23049998, 38246552 +1

In air

1500 ppb

Airborne detection — not comparable to a water threshold.

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
1500 ppb	air	Nagata 2003	—

Only values we can attribute are listed. Where a compendium's licence does not permit public attribution its figures are omitted here, so every number on this page traces to a citable source.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain ammonia. 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 ammonia in it.

19 cmpds

32 cmpds

43 cmpds

44 cmpds