FURFURYL ALCOHOL

Overview

Chemical Names
FURFURYL ALCOHOL
Synonyms
2- FURANCARBINOL; FURFURALCOHOL; alpha-FURYLCARBINOL; 2-HYDROXYMETHYLFURAN
JECFA number
451
COE number
2023
FEMA number
2491
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 2000

ADI:
0-0.5 mg/kg bw

Comments:
No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. A group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw was established at the fifty-fifth meeting (2000) for furfural, furfuryl alcohol, furfuryl acetate, furfuryl propionate, furfuryl pentanoate, furfuryl octanoate, furfuryl 3-methylbutanoate, methyl 2-furoate, propyl 2-furoate, amyl 2-furoate, hexyl 2-furoate, and octyl 2-furoate.
Report: 
TRS 901-JECFA 55/37
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 46-JECFA 55/137
Specification: 
COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/148,160
Previous Years:
1998, See TRS 891-JECFA 51/2, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add. 6/188. N
1998, See TRS 891-JECFA 51/2, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add. 6/188. N