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Category:flavoring agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
| Appearance: | colorless clear liquid (est) |
| Assay: | 95.00 to 100.00
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| Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
| Specific Gravity: | 0.98200 to 0.98800 @ 25.00 °C.
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| Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 8.171 to 8.221
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| Refractive Index: | 1.44900 to 1.45500 @ 20.00 °C.
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| Boiling Point: | 149.00 to 150.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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| Acid Value: | 1.00 max. KOH/g
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| Vapor Pressure: | 9.107000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
| Flash Point: | 106.00 °F. TCC ( 41.11 °C. )
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| logP (o/w): | 1.519 (est) |
| Soluble in: |
| | alcohol | | | water, slightly | | | water, 3817 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
| Insoluble in: |
| | water |
Organoleptic Properties:
| Odor Type: spicy |
| sweet spicy |
| Odor Description:at 100.00 %. sweet spicy |
| Flavor Type: nutty |
| nutty coffee |
| Taste Description: nutty coffee |
| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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: |
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Not determined
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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 furfuryl ethyl ether 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): | 0.002 (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: 22 |
| Click here to view publication 22 |
| | average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
| baked goods: | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
| beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | - |
| beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
| breakfast cereal: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| cheese: | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
| chewing gum: | - | - |
| condiments / relishes: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| confectionery froastings: | 4.00000 | 20.00000 |
| egg products: | - | - |
| fats / oils: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| fish products: | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
| frozen dairy: | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
| fruit ices: | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
| gelatins / puddings: | - | - |
| granulated sugar: | - | - |
| gravies: | - | - |
| hard candy: | - | - |
| imitation dairy: | - | - |
| instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
| jams / jellies: | - | - |
| meat products: | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
| milk products: | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
| nut products: | - | - |
| other grains: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| poultry: | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
| processed fruits: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| processed vegetables: | - | - |
| reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
| seasonings / flavors: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| snack foods: | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
| soft candy: | - | - |
| soups: | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| sugar substitutes: | - | - |
| 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): | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
| Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) (02.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet (03.0): | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
| 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): | 4.00000 | 20.00000 |
| Chewing gum (05.3): | - | - |
| Cereals and cereal products, incl. flours & starches from roots & tubers, pulses & legumes, excluding bakery (06.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| Bakery wares (07.0): | 5.00000 | 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): | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
| Eggs and egg products (10.0): | - | - |
| Sweeteners, including honey (11.0): | - | - |
| Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products, etc. (12.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
| Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (13.0): | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
| Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages, excl. dairy products (14.1): | - | - |
| Alcoholic beverages, incl. alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts (14.2): | 4.00000 | 20.00000 |
| Ready-to-eat savouries (15.0): | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
| Composite foods (e.g. casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01.0 - 15.0 (16.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Safety References:
European Food Safety Athority(EFSA):Flavor usage levels; Subacute, Subchronic, Chronic and Carcinogenicity Studies; Developmental / Reproductive Toxicity Studies; Genotoxicity Studies...
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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s):
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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)
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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)
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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).
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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)
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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
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| EPA ACToR:Toxicology Data |
| EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS):Registry |
| Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary :80455 |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:Data |
| 2-(ethoxymethyl)furan |
| Chemidplus:0006270560 |
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Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| 2-( | ethoxymethyl) furan | | 2-( | ethoxymethyl)-furan | | 2-( | ethoxymethyl)furan | | | ethyl 2-furfuryl ether | | | ethyl furfuryl ether | | | furan, 2-(ethoxymethyl)- |
Articles:
| Info:substances containing furan substitution |
| US Patents:3,940,502 - Flavoring agent |
| PubMed:Influence of the brewing process on furfuryl ethyl ether formation during beer aging. |
| US Patents:3,952,024 - Furfurylthioacetone |
| PubMed:Furfuryl ethyl ether: important aging flavor and a new marker for the storage conditions of beer. |
| PubMed:Evolution of chemical and sensory properties during aging of top-fermented beer. |
| PubMed:Formation and Degradation of Furfuryl Alcohol, 5-Methylfurfuryl Alcohol, Vanillyl Alcohol, and Their Ethyl Ethers in Barrel-Aged Wines. |
| PubMed:Biomorphological alterations induced by an anti-juvenile hormonal compound, 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethyl furfuryl ether, on three species of triatominae larvae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). |
| PubMed:Delineation of the intimate details of the backbone conformation of pyridine nucleotide coenzymes in aqueous solution. |
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