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Furfural

RESTRICTION
CAS
98-01-1
EC
Material type
other
Canonical source
document derived
Formulation

Usage guidance

Suggested min
Suggested max
Cost
Stock
Compatibility tags
gourmandtobaccoleathercaramel-accord
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Middle
Descriptors
pungentsweetbread-likecaramelliccinnamon-almond

Warm, sweet almond-like aroma with a distinctive baked-bread and caramellic facet. Has a slightly woody, phenolic undertone reminiscent of toasted grain or freshly cut wood. Can turn harsh and solvent-like at higher concentrations.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
7 / 10
Tenacity
5 / 10
Volatility
6 / 10
Reverse-composition

Contained in

Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.

Ingredient%Range
Aetoxylon White Oud Oil
chemicals · No. 1413

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 580.

tenacity · lowpower · moderateG.R.A.S.FEMA 2489
pungentsweetbread-likecaramelliccinnamon-almond
MW
BP
162°C
MP
Sp.Gr.
1.16
Refractive n
Rotation
Appearance

Colorless liquid which turns amber-colored, then dark brown when exposed to air and daylight.

Solubility

Soluble in cold water, in hot water. Soluble in alcohol and most perfume and flavor oils, but not in hydrocarbons (terpenes, etc.).

Odor

Pungent, but sweet, bread-like, caramellic, cinnamon-almond-like odor of poor tenacity.

Flavor

Sweet, bread-like, caramellic taste in proper dilution.

Uses in perfumery

This aldehyde finds a little use in perfumery, mostly as a trace component in artificial essential oils and flower absolutes.

Uses in flavor

It is widely used in flavor compositions for imitation butter, butterscotch, caramel, coffee, bread, molasses, fruit, nut, cinnamon (cassia), brandy, rum, rye, etc.

Production

Produced by hydrolysis, followed by dehydration of pentosane-rich plant material, such as corn cobs, peanut shells, oat hulls, etc.

Document-derived

IFRA restrictions

CategoryKindMax %NotesSource
Category 1Max %0.001%
DOC
Category 2Max %0.001%
DOC
Category 3Max %0.001%
DOC
Category 4Max %0.001%
DOC
Category 5AMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 5BMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 5CMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 5DMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 6Max %0.001%
DOC
Category 7AMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 7BMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 8Max %0.001%
DOC
Category 9Max %0.001%
DOC
Category 10AMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 10BMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 11AMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 11BMax %0.001%
DOC
Category 12Max %0.05%
DOC

Compliance-support only. Values resolved from the current IFRA corpus; each row cites the document excerpt it came from. Not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor.

Identity
Aliases · 20
Furfural2-Formylfuran2-Furaldehyde2-Furancarbonal2-Oxo-2-methylfuran2-Formylfuran2-Furaldehyde2-Furancarbonal2-Furancarboxaldehyde2-Furylcarboxaldehydealpha-FurfuraldehydeFuralFuraldehydeFuran-2-aldehydeFuran-alpha-aldehydeFurfuraldehydeFurfurolFurolPyromucic aldehydeα-Furfuraldehyde
Compliance note. Restriction data is sourced directly from IFRA publications and preserved with its document excerpt. Perfume Foundry is a compliance-support tool — not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor (CPSR / PIF).