benzoxazole
roasted nitrogen compoundFound in 4 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.
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- Formula
- C7H5NO
- Molecular weight
- 119.12 g/mol
- PubChem CID
- 9228 — full record on PubChem
Properties
- Odor threshold — in a food matrix
- 119 ppb 1 published value · see all 1 with sources
- Volatility
- high
- CAS number
- 273-53-0
- Retention index
- 1050
FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use
- FEMA number
- 4398
- GRAS publication
- GRAS 23
- FEMA primary name
- 2-Methyl-4,5-benzoxazole
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) |
|---|---|---|
| baked goods | 0.4 | 2 |
| beverages (nonalcoholic) | 0.2 | 1 |
| breakfast cereal | 0.2 | 1 |
| cheese | 0.4 | 2 |
| condiments/ relishes | 0.2 | 1 |
| confectionery frostings | 0.4 | 2 |
| fats/oils | 0.2 | 1 |
| fish products | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| frozen dairy | 0.4 | 2 |
| fruit ices | 0.4 | 2 |
| gelatins/ puddings | 1 | 5 |
| gravies | 1 | 5 |
| imitation dairy | 0.4 | 2 |
| jams/jellies | 1 | 5 |
| meat products | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| milk products | 0.4 | 2 |
| other grains | 0.2 | 1 |
| poultry | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| processed fruits | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| seasonings/ flavors | 0.2 | 1 |
| snack foods | 0.2 | 1 |
| soups | 0.2 | 1 |
| sweet sauces | 0.2 | 1 |
Published thresholds
1 measured value 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
119 ppbMeasured in a real food, where the matrix shifts detection — not a clean-water value.
| Threshold | Matrix | Source | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 119 ppb | water (food: unknown) | Literature corpus | 39684087 |
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 shareEvery ingredient known to contain benzoxazole. 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 benzoxazole in it.
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