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n-nonadecane

Found in 2 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold — in a food matrix
1.1 ppb – 1300 ppb median 22.9 ppb · 5 published values · see all 5 with sources
CAS number
629-92-5
Retention index
1900
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

5 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 – 1300 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: tomato) Literature corpus 27128659
22.8 ppb water (food: beer) Literature corpus 35292687
22.9 ppb water (food: tea) Literature corpus 36540235, 41647422
25.4 ppb water (food: unknown) Literature corpus 30849129, 33850230, 34451762 +5
1300 ppb water (food: rice) Literature corpus 36307468

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 n-nonadecane. 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 n-nonadecane in it.

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