Category: flavor and fragrance agents
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Physical Properties:
Appearance: | colorless clear viscous liquid (est) |
Assay: | 96.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 0.99000 to 1.00300 @ 25.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 8.238 to 8.346
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Refractive Index: | 1.44500 to 1.45500 @ 20.00 °C.
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Boiling Point: | 271.00 to 272.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 100.00 °C. @ 4.00 mm Hg
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Acid Value: | 1.00 max. KOH/g
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.001000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 270.00 °F. TCC ( 132.22 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 2.207 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | water, very slightly | | water, 1540 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: earthy |
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| earthy fungal mossy green sweet |
Odor Description: at 100.00 %. | earthy fungal mossy green sweet |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Safety Information:
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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 LD50 439 mg/kg
intraperitoneal-mouse LD50 439 mg/kg PERIPHERAL NERVE AND SENSATION: FLACCID PARALYSIS WITHOUT ANESTHESIA (USUALLY NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKAGE) Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. Vol. 85, Pg. 474, 1951.
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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: | flavor and fragrance agents |
RIFM Fragrance Material Safety Assessment: Search |
IFRA Code of Practice Notification of the 49th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice |
Recommendation for heptanal glyceryl acetal usage levels up to: | | 2.0000 % in the fragrance concentrate.
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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: 3 |
Click here to view publication 3 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | - | 10.00000 |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 5.00000 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
breakfast cereal: | - | - |
cheese: | - | - |
chewing gum: | - | - |
condiments / relishes: | - | 100.00000 |
confectionery froastings: | - | - |
egg products: | - | - |
fats / oils: | - | - |
fish products: | - | - |
frozen dairy: | - | 10.00000 |
fruit ices: | - | 10.00000 |
gelatins / puddings: | - | - |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | - | 10.00000 |
imitation dairy: | - | - |
instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
jams / jellies: | - | - |
meat products: | - | - |
milk products: | - | - |
nut products: | - | - |
other grains: | - | - |
poultry: | - | - |
processed fruits: | - | - |
processed vegetables: | - | - |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
snack foods: | - | - |
soft candy: | - | - |
soups: | - | - |
sugar substitutes: | - | - |
sweet sauces: | - | - |
Safety References:
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Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| aldehyde C-7 glyceryl acetal | | heptanal 1,2-glyceryl acetal | | heptanal cyclic (hydroxymethyl) ethylene acetal | | heptanal glyceryl acetal | | heptanal glyceryl acetal (1,2 acetal) | | heptanal glyceryl acetal (mixed 1,2 and 1,3 acetals) | (2- | hexyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methanol | 2- | hexyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol |
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