Table 1.
Flavouring compounds already assessed by EFSA as chemically defined flavourings, grouped according to the chemical group (CG) as defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000, with indication of the EU Flavour Information System (FLAVIS) number and the corresponding EFSA opinion. They are currently authorised for food7 and feed8 uses unless otherwise indicated
| CG | Chemical group | Product – EU register name (common name) | FLAVIS No | EFSA opinion,* Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Straight‐chain primary aliphatic alcohols/aldehydes/acids, acetals and esters with esters containing saturated alcohols and acetals containing saturated aldehydes | Octan‐1‐ol | 02.006 | 2013 |
| Octanal | 05.009 | |||
| Decanal | 05.010 | |||
| Dodecanal | 05.011 | |||
| 03 | a, ß‐Unsaturated (alkene or alkyne) straight‐chain and branched‐chain aliphatic primary alcohols/aldehydes/acids, acetals and esters | Neral | 05.170 | 2016a |
| trans‐3,7‐Dimethylocta‐2,6‐dienal (geranial) | 05.188 | |||
| 04 | Non‐conjugated and accumulated unsaturated straight‐chain and branched‐chain aliphatic primary alcohols, aldehydes, acids, acetals and esters | Citronellol | 02.011 | 2016b |
| Citronellal | 05.021 | |||
| 06 | Aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic saturated and unsaturated tertiary alcohols and esters with esters containing tertiary alcohols ethers | Linalool | 02.013 | 2012a |
| α‐Terpineol | 02.014 | |||
| 4‐Terpinenol | 02.072 | |||
| 08 | Secondary alicyclic saturated and unsaturated alcohols, ketones, ketals and esters with ketals containing alicyclic alcohols or ketones and esters containing secondary alicyclic alcohols | Sabinene hydrate | 02.085 | JECFA |
| Carvonea | 07.012 | 2014, SC | ||
| 13 | Furanones and tetrahydrofurfuryl derivatives | Linalool oxideb | 13.140 | 2012b |
| 25 | Phenol derivatives containing ring‐alkyl, ring‐alkoxy and side‐chains with an oxygenated functional group | Thymol | 04.006 | 2012c |
| 27 | Anthranilate derivatives | Methyl‐N‐methyl anthranilate | 09.781 | 2011 |
| 31 | Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and acetals containing saturated aldehydes | 1‐Isopropyl‐4‐methylbenzene (p‐cymene) | 01.002 | 2015 |
| Terpinolene | 01.005 | |||
| α‐Phellandrene | 01.006 | |||
| 1‐Isopropenyl‐4‐methylbenzene | 01.010 | |||
| α‐Terpinene | 01.019 | |||
| γ‐Terpinene | 01.020 | |||
| d‐Limonene | 01.045 | |||
| l‐Limonene | 01.046 | |||
| Pin‐2(10)‐ene (β‐pinene) | 01.003 | 2016c | ||
| Pin‐2(3)‐ene (α‐pinene) | 01.004 | |||
| β‐Caryophyllene | 01.007 | |||
| Myrcene | 01.008 | |||
| Camphene | 01.009 | |||
| 3,7‐Dimethyl‐1,3,6‐octatriene (β‐ocimene)c | 01.018 | |||
| δ‐3‐Carene | 01.029 | |||
| δ‐Cadinenea , d | 01.021 | 2011, CEF | ||
| β‐Cubebenea , d | 01.030 | |||
| 3,7,10‐Humulatrienea , d | 01.043 | |||
| β‐Phellandrenea , d | 01.055 | |||
| 1,1,7‐trimethyltricyclo [2.2.1.0.(2.6)]heptane (tricyclene)a , d | 01.060 | |||
| α‐Farnesenea | 01.040 | 2015a, CEF | ||
| 4(10)‐Thujene (Sabinene)a | 01.059 | 2015b, CEF |
FEEDAP opinion unless otherwise indicated.
Evaluated for use in food. According to Regulation (EC) 1565/2000, flavourings evaluated by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) before 2000 are not required to be re‐evaluated by EFSA.
A mixture of cis‐ and trans‐linalool oxide (5‐ring) was evaluated [13.140].
β‐Ocimene [01.018]: as a mixture of (E)‐ and (Z)‐isomers, containing 50‐70% (E)‐isomer and 17‐17% (Z)‐isomer, was evaluated.
Evaluated applying the ‘Procedure’ described in the Guidance on the data required for the risk assessment of flavourings to be used in or on food (EFSA CEF Panel, 2010). No longer authorised for use as flavours in food.