octanoate

fruity ester

Found in 2 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold — in a food matrix: 2177 ppb 1 published value · see all 1 with sources
CAS number: 74-81-7

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

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FEMA number: 4135
GRAS publication: GRAS 22
FEMA primary name: 2-Hexenyl octanoate

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 (nonalcoholic)	5	25
breakfast cereal	5	25
cheese	7	35
condiments/ relishes	5	25
confectionery frostings	10	50
fats/oils	5	25
fish products	2	10
frozen dairy	7	35
fruit ices	10	50
gelatins/ puddings	5	25
gravies	20	100
imitation dairy	7	35
jams/jellies	5	25
meat products	2	10
milk products	7	35
other grains	5	25
poultry	2	10
processed fruits	7	35
seasonings/ flavors	5	25
snack foods	10	50
soups	5	25
sweet sauces	5	25

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. 16 related FEMA records for this name — verify the exact substance for regulatory use.

Published thresholds

1 measured value 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

2177 ppb

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

Threshold	Matrix	Source	Paper
2177 ppb	water (food: unknown)	Literature corpus	35895216

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.

Where you'd actually smell it

Odor Activity Value = measured concentration ÷ odor threshold (2177.0 ppb, the engine's canonical value — see the 1 published values). OAV ≥ 1 = perceptible.

Food	Concentration (ppb)	OAV	Source
wine	6245.0	2.87	—
beer	410.0	0.19	—

Concentrations from PubMed Central Open Access papers (free literature corpus, MIT-style licensed). Copper = OAV ≥ 10 (strongly perceptible). Green = OAV ≥ 1 (perceptible).

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain octanoate. 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 octanoate in it. Full concentrations are in the OAV table above.

210 cmpds

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