Food Safety Substance

n-Hexane

n-Hexane 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 110-54-3 Indexable evidence set

FDA

FDA EAFUS

ADI / TDI

No ADI/TDI row found

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

n-Hexane

CAS

110-54-3

DTXSID

DTXSID0021917

PubChem CID

8058

Evidence tier

Indexable evidence set (6)

SOURCE ATSDR ATSDR MRL

ATSDR minimal-risk-level rows by route and duration.

Jurisdiction	Chemical	Route	Duration	MRL	Critical effect	Status	Year
United States	n-HEXANE	Inhalation	Acute	6 ppm	Develop	Final	2025
United States	n-HEXANE	Inhalation	Intermediate	0.4 ppm	Resp	Final	2025
United States	n-HEXANE	Oral	Intermediate	0.1 mg/kg/day	Neurol	Final	2025

SOURCE ingredients ghs classifications

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

SOURCE Cross-vertical comparison ingredients | ghs classifications

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

SOURCE FAQPage JSON-LD public food renderer rows

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

n-Hexane appears in food-use rows as: SOLVENT OR VEHICLE.

This page does not assign a standalone safety verdict; it renders public regulatory evidence. US/FDA evidence: FDA EAFUS.

No ADI row was found for n-Hexane in the rendered EFSA, food_substances, food_additives, or JECFA tables.

n-Hexane has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: Hexane, EU status prohibited.