en-4-ol
Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.
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Properties
- Odor description
- pine, chemical
- Odor threshold — in a food matrix
- 7.7 ppb – 8.8 ppb median 8.2 ppb · 2 published values · see all 3 with sources
- CAS number
- 5989-54-8
FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use
- FEMA number
- 4439
- GRAS publication
- GRAS 24
- FEMA primary name
- 7-Decen-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) |
|---|---|---|
| baked goods | 0.3 | 3 |
| beverages (alcoholic) | 0.5 | 5 |
| beverages (nonalcoholic) | 0.3 | 3 |
| chewing gum | 1 | 15 |
| confectionery frostings | 0.3 | 3 |
| frozen dairy | 0.1 | 1 |
| fruit ices | 0.1 | 1 |
| gelatins/ puddings | 1 | 3 |
| hard candy | 1 | 10 |
| imitation dairy | 0.1 | 1 |
| jams/jellies | 0.3 | 3 |
| milk products | 0.2 | 2 |
| soft candy | 0.2 | 2 |
| sweet sauces | 0.3 | 3 |
Published thresholds
3 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
7.7 ppb – 8.8 ppbMeasured in a real food, where the matrix shifts detection — not a clean-water value.
| Threshold | Matrix | Source | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 ppb | water (food: tomato) | Literature corpus | — |
| 8.8 ppb | water (food: lemon) | Literature corpus | — |
Other matrix
2800 ppbMeasured in a non-aqueous medium (oil, starch, cellulose).
| Threshold | Matrix | Source | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2800 ppb SIDA | starch | Rychlik 1998 · 1 studies | — |
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 en-4-ol. 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 en-4-ol in it.
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