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Category: flavoring agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
| Appearance: | colorless clear liquid (est) |
| Assay: | 97.00 to 100.00 %
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| Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
| Specific Gravity: | 0.82700 to 0.83300 @ 25.00 °C.
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| Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 6.881 to 6.931
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| Refractive Index: | 1.40100 to 1.40700 @ 20.00 °C.
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| Boiling Point: | 116.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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| Vapor Pressure: | 3.815000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
| Flash Point: | 102.00 °F. TCC ( 38.89 °C. )
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| logP (o/w): | 2.563 (est) |
| Soluble in: |
| | alcohol | | | water, slightly | | | water, 415.4 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
| Insoluble in: |
| | water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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| Odor Type: herbal |
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| Odor Strength: | medium , recommend smelling in a 0.10 % solution or less |
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| | sweet herbal caramellic |
Odor Description: at 0.10 % in propylene glycol. | sweet herbal caramel |
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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: |
oral-rat LD50 [sex: M,F] 3800 mg/kg (Burdock & Ford, 1990j)
oral-rat LD50 [sex: M,F] 3754 mg/kg (Reagan & Becci, 1984i)
oral-rat LD50 3400 mg/kg SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: LACRIMATION: EYE
SKIN AND APPENDAGES (SKIN): HAIR: OTHER
GASTROINTESTINAL: "HYPERMOTILITY, DIARRHEA" Acute Toxicity Data. Journal of the American College of Toxicology, Part B. Vol. 1, Pg. 5, 1990.
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| Dermal Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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| Inhalation Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
| Category: | flavoring agents |
| Recommendation for 2,5-diethyl tetrahydrofuran usage levels up to: | | | not for fragrance use.
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| Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.009 (μg/capita/day) |
| Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-USA): | 0.09 (μg/capita/day) |
| Structure Class: | II |
| 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: 14 |
| Click here to view publication 14 |
| | average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
| baked goods: | - | 10.00000 |
| beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 5.00000 |
| beverages(alcoholic): | - | 5.00000 |
| breakfast cereal: | - | - |
| cheese: | - | - |
| chewing gum: | - | - |
| condiments / relishes: | - | - |
| confectionery froastings: | - | - |
| egg products: | - | - |
| fats / oils: | - | - |
| fish products: | - | - |
| frozen dairy: | - | 5.00000 |
| fruit ices: | - | - |
| gelatins / puddings: | - | 5.00000 |
| granulated sugar: | - | - |
| gravies: | - | - |
| hard candy: | - | - |
| 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: | - | 10.00000 |
| soups: | - | - |
| sugar substitutes: | - | - |
| sweet sauces: | - | - |
Safety References:
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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| For Odor |
| buttery |
| buttery |
| | acetoin | 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 |
| | maltol | FL/FR |
| | maltyl propionate | FL/FR |
| | maple furanone | FL/FR |
| | menthone lactone | FL/FR |
| | mesitene lactone | FR |
| | rosefuran | FL/FR |
| | shoyu furanone | FL/FR |
| | strawberry furanone | FL/FR |
| | toffee furanone | FL/FR |
| coumarinic |
| | tonka bean resinoid | FR |
| ethereal |
| iso | valeraldehyde propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
| fatty |
| (R)-gamma- | decalactone | FL/FR |
| moldy |
| | strawberry furanone methyl ether | FL/FR |
| sweet |
| | vanilla oleoresin bali | FL/FR |
| vanilla |
| | vanilla bean absolute (vanilla planifolia) | 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 |
| (R)-gamma- | decalactone | FL/FR |
| alpha,alpha- | dimethyl anisyl acetone | FL/FR |
| | ethyl 2-hydroxy-2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| 5- | ethyl-2,3,4,5-tetramethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one | FL/FR |
| | menthone lactone | FL/FR |
| | rosefuran | FL/FR |
| burnt |
| | furfuryl alcohol | FL |
| caramellic |
| | caramel furanone | FL |
| | 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 |
| | shoyu furanone | FL/FR |
| | strawberry furanone | FL/FR |
| | toffee furanone | FL/FR |
| creamy |
| | acetoin | FL/FR |
| fatty |
| (E,E)-2,4- | undecadienal | FL |
| 2,4- | undecadienal | FL |
| fruity |
| 2- | pentanoyl furan | FL |
| iso | valeraldehyde propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
| green |
| | immortelle absolute | FL/FR |
| jammy |
| | ethyl cyclopentenolone | FL/FR |
| moldy |
| | strawberry furanone methyl ether | FL/FR |
| smoky |
| dextro- | xylose | FL |
| sweet |
| | caramel dione | FL |
| | vanilla oleoresin bali | FL/FR |
| vanilla |
| | vanilla bean absolute (vanilla planifolia) | FL/FR |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| 2,5- | diethyl oxolane | | 2,5- | diethyloxolane | | 2,5- | diethyltetrahydrofuran | | | furan, 2,5-diethyltetrahydro- |
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