21 C.F.R. § 582.60
Synthetic flavoring substances and adjuvants.
Cite as 21 C.F.R. § 582.60 (2026)
Synthetic flavoring substances and adjuvants that are generally recognized as safe for their intended use, within the meaning of section 409 of the act, are as follows:
Acetaldehyde (ethanal).
Acetoin (acetyl methylcarbinol).
Aconitic acid (equisetic acid, citridic acid, achilleic acid).
Anethole (parapropenyl anisole).
Benzaldehyde (benzoic aldehyde).
N
-Butyric acid (butanoic acid).
d
- or
l
-Carvone (carvol).
Cinnamaldehyde (cinnamic aldehyde).
Citral (2,6-dimethyloctadien-2,6-
al
-8, geranial, neral).
Decanal (
N
-decylaldhehyde, capraldehyde, capric aldehyde, caprinaldehyde, aldehyde
C
-10).
Diacetyl (2,3-butandeione). Ethyl acetate. Ethyl butyrate.
3-Methyl-3-phenyl glycidic acid ethyl ester (ethyl-methyl-phenyl-glycidate, so-called strawberry aldehyde, C-16 aldehyde).
Ethyl vanillin.
Eugenol.
Geraniol (3,7-dimethyl-2,6 and 3,6-octadien-1-
ol
).
Geranyl acetate (geraniol acetate).
Glycerol (glyceryl) tributyrate (tributyrin, butyrin).
Limonene (
d-, l-, and dl-
).
Linalool (linalol, 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-
ol
).
Linalyl acetate (bergamol).
l
-Malic acid.
Methyl anthranilate (methyl-2-aminobenzoate).
Piperonal (3,4-methylenedioxy-benzaldehyde, heliotropin).
Vanillin.