Food Safety Substance

Ethyl butyrate

Ethyl butyrate is a food additive with no EU additive status row found in the EU, FDA EAFUS in the US, and data from 5 regulatory sources.

CAS 105-54-4 Indexable evidence set

FDA

FDA EAFUS

ADI / TDI

ADI No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent

Codex

0 row(s)

SOURCE D1 identity resolution e number aliases | Food Additives | dsstox identifiers | 5 matched regulatory source group(s)

Substance Identity

Resolved identifiers used to render this food-safety record.

Substance name

Ethyl butyrate

CAS

105-54-4

DTXSID

DTXSID6040111

PubChem CID

7762

Evidence tier

Indexable evidence set (7)

SOURCE JECFA JECFA ADI

JECFA ADI Values

JECFA ADI records and evaluation years.

Jurisdiction	Chemical name	JECFA no.	CAS	ADI	ADI upper	Function	Evaluation year
JECFA	METHYLTHIOMETHYL BUTYRATE	473	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	1999
JECFA	alpha-METHYLPHENETHYL BUTYRATE	814	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2001
JECFA	alpha-PHENYLETHYL BUTYRATE	-	-	no_data	-	-	2001
JECFA	ETHYL BUTYRATE	29	105-54-4	0-15 mg/kg bw (1967)	15	FLAVOURING_AGENT	1996
JECFA	METHYL BUTYRATE	149	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	1997
JECFA	alpha,alpha-DIMETHYLPHENETHYL BUTYRATE	1656	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2007
JECFA	PHENETHYL BUTYRATE	991	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2002
JECFA	beta-METHYLPHENETHYL BUTYRATE	-	-	no_data	-	-	2004

SOURCE ingredients ghs classifications

Cross-Reference to Cosmetics / Chemicals / Pharma

Same-CAS public rows from adjacent Roots verticals where available.

SOURCE Cross-vertical comparison ingredients | ghs classifications

Cross-Vertical Regulatory Divergence

This substance has different regulatory treatment across food, cosmetics, and industrial use.

CosmeticsEthyl ButyrateEU status: permitted Industrial / GHSWarningNITE-CMC

SOURCE FAQPage JSON-LD public food renderer rows

Frequently Asked Questions

Food-use, safety, ADI, and cross-vertical answers mirrored into FAQPage JSON-LD.

What is Ethyl butyrate used for in food?

Ethyl butyrate appears in food-use rows as: FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT.

Is Ethyl butyrate safe?

This page does not assign a standalone safety verdict; it renders public regulatory evidence. ADI/reference value: ADI No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent . US/FDA evidence: FDA EAFUS.

What is the ADI for Ethyl butyrate?

Ethyl butyrate has this ADI/reference value in the food-safety tables: ADI No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent . Source: food_substances.

Is Ethyl butyrate also used in cosmetics?

Ethyl butyrate has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: Ethyl Butyrate, EU status permitted.