d-germacrene

herbal terpenoid

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold: 2.14 ppb
Retention index: 1485

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

~ Likely match

FEMA number: 4974
GRAS publication: GRAS 30
CAS number: 23986-74-5
FEMA primary name: Germacrene D ≥85%

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	0.5	0.5
beverages type i, non-alcoholic	0.2	0.2
beverages, non-alcoholic	0.2	0.2
chewing gum	3.4	4.8
fruit ices	0.3	0.3
hard candy	0.5	0.5

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain d-germacrene. 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 d-germacrene in it.

mandarin orange

fruit citrus

372 cmpds

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