decane

woody hydrocarbon

Found in 9 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C10H22
Molecular weight: 142.28 g/mol
PubChem CID: 15600 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description: alkane
Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 1.6 ppb – 1000 ppb median 57.0 ppb · 11 published values · see all 12 with sources
Volatility: high
CAS number: 124-18-5
Retention index: 1000

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number: 4938
GRAS publication: GRAS 29
CAS number: 2180135-08-2
FEMA primary name: S-Methyl 5-(1-ethoxyethoxy)tetradecanethioate

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	0.2	1
beverages, non-alcoholic	0.1	0.5
breakfast cereals	0.05	0.5
cheeses	0.05	0.5
confections and frostings	0.1	0.5
egg products	0.1	0.5
fats and oils	0.1	0.5
frozen dairy	0.01	0.1
gelatins and puddings	0.01	0.05
gravies	0.1	1
hard candy	0.01	0.05
imitation dairy	0.1	1
instant coffee and tea	0.2	2
meat products	0.1	1
milk products	0.1	1
other grains	0.01	0.1
poultry	0.1	1
reconstituted vegetable protein	0.03	0.1
snack foods	0.2	2
soft candy	0.01	0.05
soups	0.1	1

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. 4 related FEMA records for this name — verify the exact substance for regulatory use.

Published thresholds

12 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

1.6 ppb – 1000 ppb

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

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
0.020 ppb	water (food: banana)	Literature corpus	19289243, 19326859, 30262095 +2
Flagged: 2850× from the median of this group. Excluded from the range above pending re-check against the source publication — shown rather than hidden.
1.6 ppb	water (food: tea)	Literature corpus	19289243, 19326859, 30262095 +2
3.0 ppb	water (food: honey)	Literature corpus	19326859
4.2 ppb	water (food: coffee)	Literature corpus	19289243, 19326859, 30262095 +2
18.0 ppb	water (food: fish)	Literature corpus	19289243, 19326859, 30262095 +2
57.0 ppb	water (food: lamb)	Literature corpus	19289243, 19326859, 30262095 +2
92.7 ppb	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	19289243, 30262095, 39090617 +1
112 ppb	water (food: melon)	Literature corpus	19289243, 19326859, 30262095 +2
999 ppb	water (food: beef)	Literature corpus	19289243, 19326859, 30262095 +2
1000 ppb	water (food: bread)	Literature corpus	19289243, 19326859, 30262095 +2
1000 ppb	water (food: milk)	Literature corpus	19289243, 19326859, 30262095 +2

In air

620 ppb

Airborne detection — not comparable to a water threshold.

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
620 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 decane. 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 decane in it.

38 cmpds

239 cmpds

241 cmpds

281 cmpds