Flavoring agents ethyl acetate

Ethyl acetate finds particular use as a flavor enhancer in foods and pharmaceuticals because of its fruity taste when diluted. It is included on the US Eood and Drug Administration s Generally Recognized As Safe list for use as a synthetic flavoring agent. Ethyl acetate is also approved for use as an indirect food additive in certain packaging materials. 

In pharmaceutical preparations, ethyl acetate is primarily used as a solvent, although it has also been used as a flavoring agent. As a solvent, it is included in topical solutions and gels, and in edible printing inks used for tablets. 

In food applications, ethyl acetate is mainly used as a flavoring agent. It is also used in artificial fruit essence and as an extraction solvent in food processing. 

Since the enolization is not restricted to the 2 and 3 positions, a number of products are formed that undergo subsequent aldol condensations and the Cannizzaro oxidation. They are all 2-hydroxy-3-methyl, 3,4-dimethyl-2-hydroxy, 3,5-dimethyl-2-hydroxy, and 3-ethyl-2-hydroxy-2-cyclopenten-l-ones sugar acids acetic acid hydroxyacetone three isomeric hydroxy-2-butanones y-butyrolactone and such furan derivatives as furyl alcohol, 5-methyl-2-furyl alcohol, and 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone. They are food flavoring agents. 

Ethyl valerate Ethyl vanillin Eucalyptol flavoring agent, synthetic food Eugenol Eugenyl acetate Eugenyl benzoate Eugenyl formate Farnesol... 

Methyl-1-propanethiol Methyl propionate 3-Methyl-5-propyl-2-cyclohexen-1 -one Methyl propyl ketone 2-Methylpyrazine flavoring agent, synthetic food Methyl salicylate Methyl sorbate 5-Methyl-2-thiophenecarboxyaldehyde 3-Methylthiopropionaldehyde 2-Methyl-3-tolylpropionaldehyde, mixed o-, m-, p-Methyl 9-undecenoate Methyl 2-undecynoate Methyl valerate MSG Musk ambrette Myrcene Myristaldehyde Myristyl alcohol Myrtenol 2-Naphthalenethiol P-Naphthyl ethyl ether P-Naphthyl isobutyl ether d-Neomenthol Nerol Neryl acetate Neryl butyrate Neryl formate Neryl isobutyrate Neryl isovalerate Neryl propionate... 

Chem. Descrip. Glyceryl oleate Ionic Nature Nonionic CAS 111-03-5 EINECS/ELINCS 203-827-7 Uses Emulsifier defoamer flavoring agent for food Properties Yel., soft solid sol. in ethyl acetate sp.gr. 0.95 m.p. < 25 C HLB 3.4 sapon. no. 170-180 pH 4.5-6.5 100% cone. 

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