IPCS INCHEM Home

Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ISOAMYL PYRUVATE
COE No.: 431
FEMA No.: 2083
JECFA No.: 939
Chemical names: 3-METHYLBUTYL 2-OXOPROPANOATE
Synonyms: ISOPENTYL PYRUVATE; ISOAMYL PYRORACEMATE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2002
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. Note: At the fifty-seventh meeting (2001), this substance was mistakenly included in the evaluation of aliphatic acyclic diols, triols and related substances, even though there was no information on its current use as a flavouring agent. For the fifty-ninth meeting (2002), the flavour industry provided annual volume data on the use of this substance in foods. The Committee confirmed that there is no safety concern in relation to the use of isoamyl pyruvate as a flavouring agent.
Report: TRS 913-JECFA 59/118
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/152 (2001)
Tox monograph: FAS 48-JECFA 57/333 (2001)
Previous status: 2001, TRS 909-JECFA 57/98, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/152, FAS 48-JECFA 57/333. ACCEPTABLE. No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. AC, N
 
10 Mar 03    




    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations