Category: flavoring agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | pale yellow to yellow clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 95.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 0.95700 to 0.96300 @ 25.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 7.963 to 8.013
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Refractive Index: | 1.44100 to 1.44700 @ 20.00 °C.
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Boiling Point: | 150.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Vapor Pressure: | 3.106000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 131.00 °F. TCC ( 55.00 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 1.715 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | water, 949.3 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: burnt |
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| burnt roasted |
Odor Description: at 0.10 % in propylene glycol. | burnt roasted |
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Flavor Type: green |
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| green ethereal hazelnut |
Taste Description: at 5.00 ppm. | green ethereal hazelnut |
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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: |
Not determined
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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 2,5-dimethyl-4-ethyl oxazole usage levels up to: | | not for fragrance use.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.0012 (μg/capita/day) |
Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-USA): | 0.20 (μg/capita/day) |
Modified Theoretical Added Maximum Daily Intake (mTAMDI): | 96 (μg/person/day) |
Threshold of Concern: | 540 (μg/person/day) |
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: 23 |
Click here to view publication 23 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
breakfast cereal: | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
cheese: | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
chewing gum: | - | - |
condiments / relishes: | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
confectionery froastings: | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
egg products: | - | - |
fats / oils: | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
fish products: | 0.10000 | 0.40000 |
frozen dairy: | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
fruit ices: | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
gelatins / puddings: | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
hard candy: | - | - |
imitation dairy: | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
jams / jellies: | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
meat products: | 0.10000 | 0.40000 |
milk products: | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
nut products: | - | - |
other grains: | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
poultry: | 0.10000 | 0.40000 |
processed fruits: | 0.30000 | 1.50000 |
processed vegetables: | - | - |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
snack foods: | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
soft candy: | - | - |
soups: | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
sugar substitutes: | - | - |
sweet sauces: | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
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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): | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) (02.0): | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet (03.0): | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
Processed fruit (04.1): | 0.30000 | 1.50000 |
Processed vegetables (incl. mushrooms & fungi, roots & tubers, pulses and legumes), and nuts & seeds (04.2): | - | - |
Confectionery (05.0): | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
Chewing gum (05.0): | - | - |
Cereals and cereal products, incl. flours & starches from roots & tubers, pulses & legumes, excluding bakery (06.0): | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
Bakery wares (07.0): | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
Meat and meat products, including poultry and game (08.0): | 0.10000 | 0.40000 |
Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (MCE) (09.0): | 0.10000 | 0.40000 |
Eggs and egg products (10.0): | - | - |
Sweeteners, including honey (11.0): | - | - |
Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products, etc. (12.0): | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (13.0): | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages, excl. dairy products (14.1): | - | - |
Alcoholic beverages, incl. alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts (14.2): | 0.40000 | 2.00000 |
Ready-to-eat savouries (15.0): | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
Composite foods (e.g. casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01.0 - 15.0 (16.0): | 0.20000 | 1.00000 |
Safety References:
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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For Odor |
alliaceous |
| methyl furfuryl disulfide | FL/FR |
| coffee dione | FL/FR |
| cyclotene | FL/FR |
chocolate |
2,6- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,4,5- | trimethyl thiazole | FL/FR |
cocoa |
2- | methyl butyraldehyde | FL/FR |
coffee |
roasted arabica | coffee bean oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
| coffee difuran | FL/FR |
| furfuryl mercaptan | FL/FR |
1- | hydroxy-2-butanone | FL/FR |
2- | methyl-3-,5 or 6-(furfuryl thio) pyrazine | FL/FR |
ethereal |
| methyl acetate | FL/FR |
| propyl formate | FL/FR |
fruity |
| benzyl methyl ether | FL/FR |
| ethyl 2-ethyl acetoacetate | FL/FR |
| furfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
| hexyl formate | FL/FR |
marine |
5-sec- | butyl-2,3-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
medicinal |
2,6- | xylenol | FL/FR |
musty |
| menthofuran | FL/FR |
nutty |
2- | acetyl-3,5-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
3,5- | cocoa pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
4,5- | dimethyl-2-ethyl-3-thiazoline | FL/FR |
| filbert heptenone | FL/FR |
5- | methyl quinoxaline | FL/FR |
2- | methyl thio-3,5 or 6-methyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3,5,6- | tetramethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
popcorn |
2- | acetyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
sulfurous |
| benzothiazole | FL/FR |
| furfuryl thioacetate | FL/FR |
S- | furfuryl thioformate | FL/FR |
2- | methyl 5-(methyl thio) furan | FL/FR |
vegetable |
1- | furfuryl pyrrole | FL/FR |
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For Flavor |
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No flavor group found for these |
| benzyl methyl sulfide | FL |
5-sec- | butyl-2,3-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2-iso | butyl-4,5-dimethyl oxazole | FL |
2,5- | dimethyl-3-thiofuroyl furan | FL |
2- | methyl-3-,5 or 6-(furfuryl thio) pyrazine | FL/FR |
alliaceous |
| benzyl mercaptan | FL |
| dicyclohexyl disulfide | FL |
brown |
1- | hydroxy-2-butanone | FL/FR |
burnt |
| furfuryl alcohol | FL |
2- | methyl quinoxaline | FL |
| tea pyrrole | FL |
2,6- | xylenol | FL/FR |
caramellic |
| caramel furanone | FL |
| cyclotene | FL/FR |
cocoa |
2- | methyl furan | FL |
coffee |
roasted arabica | coffee bean oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
| coffee difuran | FL/FR |
| coffee dione | FL/FR |
| coffee pyrazine | FL |
| difurfuryl ether | FL |
| diisoamyl thiomalate | FL |
2,4- | dimethyl thiazole | FL |
| furfuryl mercaptan | FL/FR |
| methyl furfuryl disulfide | FL/FR |
2- | thiophene thiol | FL |
earthy |
| difurfuryl sulfide | FL |
estery |
| furfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
ethereal |
| methyl acetate | FL/FR |
fruity |
| benzyl methyl ether | FL/FR |
| ethyl 2-ethyl acetoacetate | FL/FR |
| furfuryl propionate | FL |
| propyl formate | FL/FR |
fusel |
2- | methyl butyraldehyde | FL/FR |
green |
| hexyl formate | FL/FR |
2- | methyl-5-isopropyl pyrazine | FL |
meaty |
4- | allyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol | FL |
| benzothiazole | FL/FR |
2- | methyl 3-(methyl thio) furan | FL |
| pyrazinyl ethane thiol | FL |
mustard |
| furfuryl methyl ether | FL |
musty |
| menthofuran | FL/FR |
2- | methyl 5-(methyl thio) furan | FL/FR |
nutty |
3- | acetyl-2,5-dimethyl thiophene | FL |
2- | acetyl-3,5-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
3,5(6)- | cocoa pyrazine | FL |
3,5- | cocoa pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,6- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
4,5- | dimethyl-2-ethyl-3-thiazoline | FL/FR |
| filbert heptenone | FL/FR |
5- | methyl quinoxaline | FL/FR |
2- | methyl thio-3,5 or 6-methyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3,5,6- | tetramethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,4,5- | trimethyl thiazole | FL/FR |
onion |
| furfuryl isopropyl sulfide | FL |
roasted |
2- | acetyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| ethyl 3-(furfuryl thio) propionate | FL |
| furfuryl thioacetate | FL/FR |
sulfurous |
| butyl mercaptan | FL |
| ethyl methyl sulfide | FL |
S- | ethyl thioacetate | FL |
S- | furfuryl thioformate | FL/FR |
| furfuryl thiopropionate | FL |
2- | thienyl mercaptan | FL |
vegetable |
1- | furfuryl pyrrole | FL/FR |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
2,5- | dimethyl-4-ethyloxazole | 4- | ethyl-2,5-dimethyl oxazole | 4- | ethyl-2,5-dimethyl-1,3-oxazole | 4- | ethyl-2,5-dimethyloxazole | | oxazole, 2,5-dimethyl-4-ethyl- | | oxazole, 4-ethyl-2,5-dimethyl- |
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