xylene

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

Ambiguous name

“xylene” does not identify one molecule. o-, m- and p-xylene are three distinct molecules sharing C8H10. None is an aroma compound of interest; the entry is most likely a solvent or column artefact rather than a food volatile.

Could be any of

o-xylene · CAS 95-47-6 · C8H10 · PubChem 7237

m-xylene · CAS 108-38-3 · C8H10 · PubChem 7929

p-xylene · CAS 106-42-3 · C8H10 · PubChem 7809

Candidates from PubChem PUG-REST, fetched 2026-08-08.

We assign no CAS number, structure or odour threshold to this entry. Guessing one would make the record look more certain than the evidence is.

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Properties

Odor threshold: 100000.0 ppb
Retention index: 850

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.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain xylene. 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 xylene in it.

melon

fruit

426 cmpds

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