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hepten-2-ol

Found in 2 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor description
chemical, fruity, almond, floral, green, earthy, sweet
CAS number
600-36-2
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

? Partial match
FEMA number
4884
GRAS publication
GRAS 29
CAS number
1569-60-9
FEMA primary name
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-ol

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 10 50
beverages, alcoholic 10 50
beverages, non-alcoholic 5 25
breakfast cereals 5 25
cheeses 7 35
condiments and relishes 5 25
confections and frostings 10 50
fats and oils 5 25
fish products 2 10
fruit ices 10 50
gravies 5 25
imitation dairy 7 35
instant coffee and tea 5 25
jams and jellies 20 100
meat products 2 10
milk products 7 35
other grains 5 25
poultry 2 10
processed fruits 7 35
seasonings and flavors 5 25
snack foods 10 50
soups 5 25
sweet sauces 5 25
Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

How this molecule is described

Sources disagree about odour more often than they disagree about chemistry. Rather than show one answer, here is every description on file with how many ingredient records carry it.

Descriptions on file

Ordered by how many independent descriptor streams give each wording, then by how often it appears. The bar is still replication — one source copied onto many ingredients scores high there — so the two can disagree.

chemical, fruity, almond, floral, green, earthy, sweet shown above FlavorDB 2.0
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chemical Flavordb Odor Column
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fruity, floral, green, earthy, sweet Flavordb Odor Column
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fruity, almond Flavordb Odor Column
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Bars are the share of ingredient records carrying each description. High agreement means the sources replicate each other — not necessarily that they are right.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain hepten-2-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 hepten-2-ol in it.

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