Category: flavoring agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | yellow to pale orange clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 98.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 1.10100 to 1.12100 @ 25.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 9.161 to 9.328
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Refractive Index: | 1.51550 to 1.52220 @ 20.00 °C.
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Melting Point: | 198.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 197.00 to 198.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Acid Value: | 0.50 max. KOH/g
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Soluble in: |
| water, 449.2 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Organoleptic Properties:
| meaty roasted |
Odor Description: at 0.10 % in propylene glycol. | meaty roasted |
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Flavor Type: meaty |
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| meaty juicy |
Taste Description:
| meaty juicy powerfull |
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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 methyl thiofuryl butanal usage levels up to: | | not for fragrance use.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 1.20 (μg/capita/day) |
Modified Theoretical Added Maximum Daily Intake (mTAMDI): | 49 (μg/person/day) |
Adequate NOAEL exists: | Yes |
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: 24 |
Click here to view publication 24 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | 0.00200 | 0.00500 |
beverages(alcoholic): | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
breakfast cereal: | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
cheese: | - | - |
chewing gum: | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
condiments / relishes: | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
confectionery froastings: | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
egg products: | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
fats / oils: | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
fish products: | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
frozen dairy: | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
fruit ices: | 0.00100 | 0.00300 |
gelatins / puddings: | - | - |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | 0.00100 | 0.00200 |
imitation dairy: | 0.00100 | 0.00200 |
instant coffee / tea: | 0.00100 | 0.00200 |
jams / jellies: | 0.00100 | 0.00200 |
meat products: | 0.05000 | 0.20000 |
milk products: | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
nut products: | 0.00100 | 0.00300 |
other grains: | 0.00100 | 0.00200 |
poultry: | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
processed fruits: | 0.00100 | 0.00300 |
processed vegetables: | 0.00100 | 0.00300 |
reconstituted vegetables: | 0.00100 | 0.00300 |
seasonings / flavors: | 5.00000 | 20.00000 |
snack foods: | 0.00100 | 0.00300 |
soft candy: | 0.00200 | 0.00500 |
soups: | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
sugar substitutes: | - | - |
sweet sauces: | 0.02000 | 0.05000 |
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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): | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) (02.0): | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet (03.0): | 0.00100 | 0.00300 |
Processed fruit (04.1): | 0.00100 | 0.00300 |
Processed vegetables (incl. mushrooms & fungi, roots & tubers, pulses and legumes), and nuts & seeds (04.2): | 0.00100 | 0.00300 |
Confectionery (05.0): | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
Chewing gum (05.0): | - | - |
Cereals and cereal products, incl. flours & starches from roots & tubers, pulses & legumes, excluding bakery (06.0): | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
Bakery wares (07.0): | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
Meat and meat products, including poultry and game (08.0): | 0.05000 | 0.20000 |
Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (MCE) (09.0): | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
Eggs and egg products (10.0): | - | - |
Sweeteners, including honey (11.0): | - | - |
Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products, etc. (12.0): | 0.05000 | 0.10000 |
Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (13.0): | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages, excl. dairy products (14.1): | 0.00200 | 0.00500 |
Alcoholic beverages, incl. alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts (14.2): | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
Ready-to-eat savouries (15.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Composite foods (e.g. casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01.0 - 15.0 (16.0): | 0.00500 | 0.01000 |
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): |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 13Rev1: Furfuryl and furan derivatives with and without additional side-chain substituents and heteroatoms from chemical group 14 View page or View pdf |
Consideration of sulfur-substituted furan derivatives used as flavouring agents evaluated by JECFA (59th meeting) structurally related to a subgroup of substances within the group of “Furfuryl and furan derivatives with and without additional side-chain substituents and heteroatoms from chemical group 14” evaluated by EFSA in FGE.13Rev1 (2009) View page or View pdf |
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 13, Revision 2 (FGE.13Rev2): Furfuryl and furan derivatives with and without additional side-chain substituents and heteroatoms from chemical group 14 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 |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 13 Revision 3 (FGE.13Rev3): furfuryl and furan derivatives with and without additional side-chain substituents and heteroatoms from chemical group 14 View page or View pdf |
EPI System: | View |
AIDS Citations: | Search |
Cancer Citations: | Search |
Toxicology Citations: | Search |
EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 71587866 |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
| 3-(2-methylfuran-3-yl)sulfanylbutanal |
Chemidplus: | 0915971436 |
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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For Odor |
alliaceous |
| dimethyl trisulfide | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone | FL/FR |
chocolate |
2,6- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| furfuryl mercaptan | FL/FR |
fresh |
10- | undecen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
fruity |
3- | mercaptohexyl acetate | FL/FR |
(E)-7- | methyl-3-octen-2-one | FL/FR |
| prunus amygdalus amara seed extract | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | undecenal | FL/FR |
green |
(E,Z)-2,6- | nonadienal | FL/FR |
| meaty dithiane | FL/FR |
| sulfurol | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
moldy |
| strawberry furanone methyl ether | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl-4-methyl thiazole | FL/FR |
| filbert heptenone | FL/FR |
2,6- | lutidine | FL/FR |
2- | methyl-3-(methyl thio) pyrazine | FL/FR |
| trigonella foenum-graecum seed oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
smoky |
2,6- | dimethoxyphenol | FL/FR |
| pyroligneous acids | FL/FR |
| benzothiazole | FL/FR |
| fish thiol | FL/FR |
| furfuryl thioacetate | FL/FR |
2- | mercaptopropionic acid | FL/FR |
| methyl mercaptan | FL/FR |
2-( | methyl thio) phenol | FL/FR |
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For Flavor |
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No flavor group found for these |
4- | acetyl-2-methyl pyrimidine | FL |
1,2- | butane dithiol | FL |
(Z+E)-2,5- | dimethyl-3-tetrahydrofuran thiol | FL |
(Z+E)-2,5- | dimethyl-3-thioacetoxytetrahydrofuran | FL |
2,5- | dimethyl-3-thiofuroyl furan | FL |
2- | ethyl-3-methyl thiopyrazine | FL |
| methyl dihydrofuran thiol | FL |
2- | methyl-3-(methyl thio) pyrazine | FL/FR |
3-((2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio)-4-heptanone | FL |
4-((2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio)-5-nonanone | FL |
| thioacetic acid | FL |
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3,7- | dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-yl cyclopropyl carboxamide | FL |
2- | methyl-1-methyl thio-2-butene | FL |
3- | methyl-1,2,4-trithiane | FL |
alliaceous |
| allyl disulfide | FL |
| allyl mercaptan | FL |
1,3- | butane dithiol | FL |
| cyclopentyl mercaptan | FL |
| dicyclohexyl disulfide | FL |
| dimethyl trisulfide | FL/FR |
| garlic oil extenders | FL |
3- | mercapto-2-pentanone | FL |
bacon |
| bacon reaction crispy | FL |
burnt |
1,6- | hexane dithiol | FL |
caramellic |
| strawberry furanone | FL/FR |
chemical |
2,5- | dimethyl furan | FL |
coffee |
2- | ethyl-4-methyl thiazole | FL/FR |
| furfuryl mercaptan | FL/FR |
| methyl furfuryl mercaptopropionate | FL |
| methyl furfuryl thiol | FL |
earthy |
(±)-2- | mercapto-5-methylheptan-4-one | FL |
1,8- | octane dithiol | FL |
2- | thienyl disulfide | FL |
fatty |
pork | fat extract | FL |
(E)-7- | methyl-3-octen-2-one | FL/FR |
fruity |
2- | ethyl-2,5-dihydro-4-methyl thiazole | FL |
greasy |
10- | undecen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
green |
4- | methyl thiazole | FL |
(E,Z)-2,6- | nonadienal | FL/FR |
meaty |
4- | allyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol | FL |
| bacon flavor | FL |
| beef broth flavor | FL |
BBQ | beef flavor | FL |
| beef flavor | FL |
roast | beef flavor | FL |
| beef flavor base | FL |
| benzothiazole | FL/FR |
| chicken bone extract | FL |
| chicken extract | FL |
grilled | chicken flavor | FL |
| chicken flavor | FL |
| chicken key | FL |
2,6- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,6- | dimethyl thiophenol | FL |
2,5- | dimethyl-3-furan thiol | FL |
2',3- | dimethyl-3',4-dioxa-2,8-dithiabicyclo(3.3.0)octane spirocyclopentane | FL |
1,1- | ethane dithiol 1% in ethanol 94.5% / ethyl acetate 4% | FL |
| ethyl 2-hydroxyethyl sulfide | FL |
| furfuryl 2-methyl-3-furyl disulfide | FL |
4- | furfuryl thio-2-pentanone | FL |
| ham enhancers | FL |
| ham flavor | FL |
| hot dog flavor | FL |
| lamb flavor | FL |
| liver flavor | FL |
| meat broth concentrates | FL |
| meat flavors | FL |
| meaty dithiane | FL/FR |
| meaty enhancers | FL |
3- | mercapto-2-butanone | FL |
(R,S)-2- | mercapto-3-butanol | FL |
3- | mercapto-3-methyl butanol | FL |
2- | mercaptomethyl pyrazine | FL |
2- | mercaptopropionic acid | FL/FR |
2- | methyl 3-(methyl thio) furan | FL |
2-( | methyl thio) phenol | FL/FR |
bis(2- | methyl-3-furyl) disulfide | FL |
S-(2- | methyl-3-furyl) ethane thioate | FL |
2- | methyl-3-tetrahydrofuran thiol | FL |
2- | methyl-3-thioacetoxytetrahydrofuran | FL |
| phenyl mercaptan | FL |
roasted | pork flavor | FL |
| pork flavor | FL |
grilled | pork flavor | FL |
| propyl 2-mercaptopropionate | FL |
| pyrazinyl ethane thiol | FL |
2- | pyridinyl methane thiol | FL |
| rabbit flavor | FL |
grilled | steak flavor | FL |
| sulfurol | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
| thialdine | FL |
ortho- | thiocresol | FL |
ortho- | thioguaiacol | FL |
smoked | turkey flavor | FL |
roast | turkey flavor | FL |
| turkey flavor | FL |
| veal flavor | FL |
| venison flavor | FL |
medicinal |
2,6- | dimethoxyphenol | FL/FR |
moldy |
| strawberry furanone methyl ether | FL/FR |
nutty |
2- | acetyl-4-methyl thiazole | FL |
| filbert heptenone | FL/FR |
2,6- | lutidine | FL/FR |
| nutty thiazole | FL |
| prunus amygdalus amara seed extract | FL/FR |
phenolic |
2- | ethyl benzene thiol | FL |
roasted |
3,5- | diisobutyl-1,2,4-trithiolane | FL |
| furfuryl thioacetate | FL/FR |
| trigonella foenum-graecum seed oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
savory |
2,4,6- | triethyl tetrahydro-1,3,5-dithiazine | FL |
smoky |
| pyroligneous acids | FL/FR |
spicy |
hot spicy | beef flavor | FL |
sulfurous |
| butyl mercaptan | FL |
| fish thiol | FL/FR |
| furfuryl thiopropionate | FL |
| methyl 2-methyl-3-furyl disulfide | FL |
| methyl mercaptan | FL/FR |
3- | methyl-2-butane thiol | FL |
2- | naphthyl mercaptan | FL |
3- | pentane thiol | FL |
| roasted butanol | FL |
tropical |
3- | mercaptohexyl acetate | FL/FR |
waxy |
(E)-2- | undecenal | FL/FR |
yeasty |
| faex extracts | FL |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| butanal, 3-((2-methyl-3-furanyl)thio)- | 3-((2- | methyl furan-3-yl)sulfanyl) butanal | 3-((2- | methyl-3-furyl)sulfanyl)butanal | 3-((2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio) butanal | (+-)-3-((2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio)butanal | 3-((2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio)butanal | 3-((2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio)butanal, (+-)- | 3-[(2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio]-butanal | 3-[(2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio]butanal | 3-((2- | methylfuran-3-yl)sulfanyl)butanal | 3-(2- | methylfuran-3-yl)sulfanylbutanal | | methylthiofuryl butanal | | methylthiofurylbutanal |
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