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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Furfural |
| Synonym(s) |
Furfuraldehyde;2-Furaldehyde;Fural;Pyromucic aldehyde;2-Formylfuran;2-Furylcarboxaldehyde |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2000 (Session 55) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
- |
| Chemical name |
2-Furfuraldehyde |
| JECFA number |
450 |
| CAS number |
98-01-1 |
| FEMA number |
2489 |
| COE number |
2014 |
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| Molecular weight |
96.09 |
| Chemical formula |
C5H4O2 |
| Physical form/odour |
Colourless to yellow oily liquid which browns on storage, pungent, sweet, bread-like, caramellic, cinnamon-almond-like flavour, odour resembles benzaldehyde |
| Solubility |
soluble in water; soluble in oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible |
| Boiling point (°C) |
161-162° |
| Assay min % |
95% |
| Acid value max |
3 |
| Refractive index |
1.521-1.529 |
| Specific gravity |
1.153-1.162 |
| Other requirements |
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| ID Test |
IR |
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