Furfuryl Mercaptan
Level 3 — ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary
Furfuryl Mercaptan is a flavoring — Synthetic fruit, liquor, rum, nut, chocolate, and spice flavoring
Also: 2-Furanmethanethiol formate
What it does
Synthetic fruit, liquor, rum, nut, chocolate, and spice flavoring
Where you'll see it
Coffee (naturally), beverages, ice cream, candy, baked goods
Regulatory status
- US FDA: ASP
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): extremely powerful and diffusive odor, which on dilution becomes agreeable, coffeelike