Category: flavoring agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | colorless solid (est) |
Assay: | 95.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Melting Point: | 37.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 203.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.284000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 170.00 °F. TCC ( 76.67 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 1.097 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | water, slightly | | water, 6189 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: spicy |
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| spicy caramellic |
Odor Description: at 100.00 %. | spicy caramel |
Taste Description:
| weak furanic |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
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Safety Information:
Preferred SDS: View |
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Hazards identification |
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Classification of the substance or mixture |
GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
None found. |
GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |
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Pictogram | |
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Hazard statement(s) |
None found. |
Precautionary statement(s) |
None found. |
Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
intraperitoneal-mouse LDLo 62500 ug/kg BEHAVIORAL: ALTERED SLEEP TIME (INCLUDING CHANGE IN RIGHTING REFLEX)
LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: DYSPNEA
BEHAVIORAL: ATAXIA "Summary Tables of Biological Tests," National Research Council Chemical-Biological Coordination Center. Vol. 6, Pg. 217, 1954.
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Dermal Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Inhalation Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
Category: | flavoring agents |
Recommendation for furfuryl acetone usage levels up to: | | not for fragrance use.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 2.20 (μg/capita/day) |
Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-USA): | 3.00 (μg/capita/day) |
Modified Theoretical Added Maximum Daily Intake (mTAMDI): | 430 (μg/person/day) |
Threshold of Concern: | 90 (μg/person/day) |
Structure Class: | III |
Use levels for FEMA GRAS flavoring substances on which the FEMA Expert Panel based its judgments that the substances are generally recognized as safe (GRAS). |
The Expert Panel also publishes separate extensive reviews of scientific information on all FEMA GRAS flavoring substances and can be found at FEMA Flavor Ingredient Library |
publication number: 22 |
Click here to view publication 22 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | - | - |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
breakfast cereal: | - | - |
cheese: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
chewing gum: | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
condiments / relishes: | - | - |
confectionery froastings: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
egg products: | 4.00000 | 20.00000 |
fats / oils: | - | - |
fish products: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
frozen dairy: | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
fruit ices: | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
gelatins / puddings: | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | - | - |
imitation dairy: | - | - |
instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
jams / jellies: | - | - |
meat products: | - | - |
milk products: | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
nut products: | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
other grains: | - | - |
poultry: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
processed fruits: | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
processed vegetables: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
snack foods: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
soft candy: | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
soups: | - | - |
sugar substitutes: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
sweet sauces: | - | - |
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Food categories according to Commission Regulation EC No. 1565/2000 (EC, 2000) in FGE.06 (EFSA, 2002a). According to the Industry the "normal" use is defined as the average of reported usages and "maximum use" is defined as the 95th percentile of reported usages (EFSA, 2002i). |
Note: mg/kg = 0.001/1000 = 0.000001 = 1/1000000 = ppm. |
| average usage mg/kg | maximum usage mg/kg |
Dairy products, excluding products of category 02.0 (01.0): | 2.50000 | 15.00000 |
Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) (02.0): | - | - |
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet (03.0): | - | - |
Processed fruit (04.1): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Processed vegetables (incl. mushrooms & fungi, roots & tubers, pulses and legumes), and nuts & seeds (04.2): | - | - |
Confectionery (05.0): | - | - |
Chewing gum (05.0): | - | - |
Cereals and cereal products, incl. flours & starches from roots & tubers, pulses & legumes, excluding bakery (06.0): | 1.00000 | 10.00000 |
Bakery wares (07.0): | 1.00000 | 25.00000 |
Meat and meat products, including poultry and game (08.0): | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (MCE) (09.0): | - | - |
Eggs and egg products (10.0): | - | - |
Sweeteners, including honey (11.0): | - | - |
Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products, etc. (12.0): | - | - |
Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (13.0): | - | - |
Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages, excl. dairy products (14.1): | 0.30000 | 25.00000 |
Alcoholic beverages, incl. alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts (14.2): | - | - |
Ready-to-eat savouries (15.0): | - | - |
Composite foods (e.g. casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01.0 - 15.0 (16.0): | - | - |
Safety References:
European Food Safety Athority(EFSA): | Flavor usage levels; Subacute, Subchronic, Chronic and Carcinogenicity Studies; Developmental / Reproductive Toxicity Studies; Genotoxicity Studies... |
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s): |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 67 (FGE.67): Consideration of 40 furan-substituted aliphatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and related esters, sulfides, disulfides and ethers evaluated by JECFA at the 65th meeting (JECFA, 2006b) and re-evaluated at the 69th meeting (JECFA, 2009c) View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 67, Revision 1 (FGE.67Rev.1): Consideration of 40 furan-substituted aliphatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and related esters, sulfides, disulfides and ethers evaluated by JECFA at the 65th meeting (JECFA, 2006b) and re-evaluated at the 69th meeting (JECFA, 2009c) View page or View pdf |
Statement on List of Representative Substances for Testing.
The current Statement lays down a list of substances in sub-groups with representative substances for which additional data are required prior to their evaluation through the Procedure (Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000). View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 67 Revision 2 (FGE.67Rev2): Consideration of 28 furan-substituted compounds evaluated by JECFA at the 55th, 65th and 69th meetings (JECFA, 2001, 2006a, 2009b) View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 67, Revision 3 (FGE.67Rev3): consideration of 23 furan-substituted compounds evaluated by JECFA at the 55th, 65th, 69th and 86th meetings View page or View pdf |
EPI System: | View |
AIDS Citations: | Search |
Cancer Citations: | Search |
Toxicology Citations: | Search |
EPA Substance Registry Services (TSCA): | 699-17-2 |
EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 12780 |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
| 4-furan-2-ylbutan-2-one |
Chemidplus: | 0000699172 |
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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For Odor |
acidic |
| cyclohexyl acetic acid | FL/FR |
balsamic |
2- | acetyl furan | FL/FR |
buttery |
| acetoin | FL/FR |
| acetyl propionyl | FL/FR |
3,4- | hexane dione | FL/FR |
2-oxo | butyric acid | FL/FR |
| caramel furanone solution | FL/FR |
| caramel pentadione | FL/FR |
| cyclotene | FL/FR |
| cyclotene hydrate | FL/FR |
alpha,alpha- | dimethyl anisyl acetone | FL/FR |
| ethyl 2-hydroxy-2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| ethyl cyclopentenolone | FL/FR |
| ethyl maltol | FL/FR |
5- | ethyl-2,3,4,5-tetramethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one | FL/FR |
| fenugreek absolute | FL/FR |
| geranyl crotonate | FR |
| immortelle absolute | FL/FR |
| levulinic acid | FL/FR |
| maltol | FL/FR |
| maltyl propionate | FL/FR |
| maple furanone | FL/FR |
| menthone lactone | FL/FR |
| mesitene lactone | FR |
5- | methyl furfural | FL/FR |
| rosefuran | FL/FR |
| shoyu furanone | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone acetate | FL/FR |
| toffee furanone | FL/FR |
coconut |
gamma- | heptalactone | FL/FR |
coumarinic |
| tonka bean resinoid | FR |
creamy |
gamma- | butyrolactone | FL/FR |
ethereal |
| ethyl 4-pentenoate | FL/FR |
| ethyl pyruvate | FL/FR |
iso | valeraldehyde propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
fermented |
| ethyl (E)-2-crotonate | FL/FR |
fruity |
(E)- | ethyl tiglate | FL/FR |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
green |
iso | amyl 3-(2-furan) propionate | FL/FR |
herbal |
| butyl levulinate | FL/FR |
musty |
3- | acetyl-2,5-dimethyl furan | FL/FR |
nutty |
2- | acetyl-3,5(or 6)-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| nutty cyclohexenone | FL/FR |
phenolic |
4- | methyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol | FL/FR |
spicy |
(E)- | tiglic acid | FL/FR |
sweet |
| vanilla oleoresin bali | FL/FR |
tonka |
| tonka bean absolute | FR |
vanilla |
| ethyl vanillin | FL/FR |
| vanillyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
vegetable |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol | FL/FR |
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For Flavor |
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No flavor group found for these |
2- | acetyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine | FL |
| allyl 2-furoate | FL |
| benzyl disulfide | FL |
2,5- | diethyl tetrahydrofuran | FL |
alpha,alpha- | dimethyl anisyl acetone | FL/FR |
| ethyl 2-hydroxy-2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| ethyl 4-pentenoate | FL/FR |
5- | ethyl-2,3,4,5-tetramethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one | FL/FR |
| menthone lactone | FL/FR |
| rosefuran | FL/FR |
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iso | amyl 3-(2-furan) propionate | FL/FR |
acidic |
| levulinic acid | FL/FR |
dextro,laevo- | tartaric acid | FL |
bready |
| mango furanone | FL |
brown |
2-oxo | butyric acid | FL/FR |
5- | methyl furfural | FL/FR |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
(E)- | tiglic acid | FL/FR |
burnt |
| furfuryl alcohol | FL |
buttery |
| diacetyl | FL |
3,4- | hexane dione | FL/FR |
caramellic |
| caramel dione | FL |
| caramel furanone | FL |
| caramel furanone solution | FL/FR |
| caramel pentadione | FL/FR |
| cyclotene | FL/FR |
| cyclotene hydrate | FL/FR |
| ethyl maltol | FL/FR |
5- | ethyl-3,4,5,6-tetramethyl cyclohexen-2-one | FL |
| fenugreek absolute | FL/FR |
| maltol | FL/FR |
| maltyl propionate | FL/FR |
| maple furanone | FL/FR |
3- | methyl butyl 2-furyl butyrate | FL |
| shoyu furanone | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone acetate | FL/FR |
| toffee furanone | FL/FR |
coffee |
2- | thiophene thiol | FL |
creamy |
| acetoin | FL/FR |
fatty |
(E,E)-2,4- | undecadienal | FL |
2,4- | undecadienal | FL |
fruity |
(E)- | ethyl tiglate | FL/FR |
| furfuryl valerate | FL |
2- | pentanoyl furan | FL |
iso | valeraldehyde propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
green |
| immortelle absolute | FL/FR |
herbal |
| butyl levulinate | FL/FR |
5- | hydroxymethyl furfural | FL |
jammy |
| ethyl cyclopentenolone | FL/FR |
lactonic |
gamma- | heptalactone | FL/FR |
milky |
gamma- | butyrolactone | FL/FR |
musty |
| ethyl (E)-2-crotonate | FL/FR |
nutty |
2- | acetyl furan | FL/FR |
3- | acetyl-2,5-dimethyl furan | FL/FR |
2- | acetyl-3,5(or 6)-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| nutty cyclohexenone | FL/FR |
| peanut oxazole | FL |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol | FL/FR |
phenolic |
4- | methyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol | FL/FR |
rummy |
| ethyl pyruvate | FL/FR |
sweet |
| cyclohexyl acetic acid | FL/FR |
| vanilla oleoresin bali | FL/FR |
toasted |
| acetyl propionyl | FL/FR |
vanilla |
| ethyl vanillin | FL/FR |
| vanillyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
waxy |
| furfuryl octanoate | FL |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
2- | butanone, 4-(2-furanyl)- | 2- | butanone, 4-(2-furyl)- | 4- | furan-2-yl-butan-2-one | 4-( | furan-2-yl)butan-2-one | 4- | furan-2-ylbutan-2-one | 1-(2- | furanyl)-3-butanone | | furfurylacetone | 4- | furyl-2-butanone | 1-(2- | furyl) butan-3-one | 4-(2- | furyl)-2-butanone | 1-(2- | furyl)-3-butanone | 4-(2- | furyl)butan-2-one | 1-(2- | furyl)butan-3-one |
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