mesitylene

woody hydrocarbon

Found in 8 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C9H12
Molecular weight: 120.19 g/mol
PubChem CID: 7947 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 4.3 ppb – 15.5 ppb median 9.9 ppb · 2 published values · see all 2 with sources
Volatility: high
CAS number: 108-67-8
Retention index: 1119

Not in FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. Of 3,367 listed flavoring substances, none match this compound name. May still be food-safe under other regulatory routes (FDA 21 CFR 172, EFSA, JECFA) — check femaflavor.org for the authoritative current list.

Published thresholds

2 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

4.3 ppb – 15.5 ppb

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

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
4.3 ppb	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	—
15.5 ppb	water (food: apple)	Literature corpus	—

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 mesitylene. 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 mesitylene in it.

38 cmpds

45 cmpds

239 cmpds

385 cmpds