methylcyclohexane

woody hydrocarbon

Found in 5 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C7H14
Molecular weight: 98.19 g/mol
PubChem CID: 7962 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 1.1 ppb 1 published value · see all 2 with sources
Volatility: high
CAS number: 108-87-2

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number: 4881
GRAS publication: GRAS 29
CAS number: 1857331-84-0
FEMA primary name: N-(3-Hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-isopropyl-5,5-dimethylcyclohexanecarboxamide

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)
beverages, alcoholic	0.1	10
beverages, non-alcoholic	0.1	10
chewing gum	1	100
condiments and relishes	0.1	10
confections and frostings	1	100
fats and oils	0.05	5
frozen dairy	0.1	10
fruit ices	0.1	10
gelatins and puddings	0.05	5
gravies	0.05	5
hard candy	0.1	10
imitation dairy	0.05	5
instant coffee and tea	0.01	1
jams and jellies	0.1	10
milk products	0.05	5
seasonings and flavors	3	900
snack foods	0.1	10
soft candy	0.1	10
soups	0.1	10
sugar substitutes	0.005	0.5
sweet sauces	0.5	50

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. 2 related FEMA records for this name — verify the exact substance for regulatory use.

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

1.1 ppb

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

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
1.1 ppb	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	40761387

In air

150 ppb

Airborne detection — not comparable to a water threshold.

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
150 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 methylcyclohexane. 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 methylcyclohexane in it.

275 cmpds

277 cmpds

389 cmpds

451 cmpds