Food Safety Substance

Acetaldehyde

Acetaldehyde is a food additive with no EU additive status row found in the EU, no FDA GRAS row found in the US, and data from 6 regulatory sources.

CAS 75-07-0 Indexable evidence set

FDA

No GRAS row found

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 | 6 matched regulatory source group(s)

Substance Identity

Resolved identifiers used to render this food-safety record.

Substance name

Acetaldehyde

CAS

75-07-0

DTXSID

DTXSID5039224

PubChem CID

177

Evidence tier

Indexable evidence set (8)

SOURCE EU Commission EU Food Contact Materials

EU FCM Substances

EU food-contact material rows and migration-limit fields.

Jurisdiction	FCM no.	Ref no.	Substance	Use	SML	Regulation
European Union	128	10060	acetaldehyde	monomer/macromolecule	-	Regulation (EU) No 10/2011, Annex I

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	ACETALDEHYDE DIMETHYL ACETAL	-	-	no_data	-	-	2001
JECFA	(R)-2,2,3-TRIMETHYLCYCLOPENT-3-ENE-1-ACETALDEHYDE	-	-	no_data	-	-	2019
JECFA	2,2,3-TRIMETHYLCYCLOPENT-3-EN-1-YL ACETALDEHYDE	967	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2019
JECFA	METHYL n-NONYL ACETALDEHYDE	-	-	no_data	-	-	1997
JECFA	ACETALDEHYDE BENZYL 2-METHOXYETHYL MIXED ACETAL	-	-	no_data	-	-	2001
JECFA	MERCAPTOACETALDEHYDE DIMER	-	-	no_data	-	-	1999
JECFA	ACETALDEHYDE DIETHYL ACETAL	-	-	no_data	-	-	2001
JECFA	BENZYLIDENE ACETALDEHYDE	-	-	no_data	-	-	2000
JECFA	ACETALDEHYDE ETHYL GLYCERYL MIXED ACETAL	-	-	no_data	-	-	2001
JECFA	ACETALDEHYDE ETHYL PROPYLENE GLYCOL MIXED ACETAL	-	-	no_data	-	-	-
JECFA	ACETALDEHYDE	80	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2023
JECFA	METHYL HEXYL ACETALDEHYDE	-	-	no_data	-	-	1997
JECFA	BENZYLACETALDEHYDE	-	-	no_data	-	-	2000
JECFA	CUMINYLACETALDEHYDE	-	-	no_data	-	-	2000
JECFA	2-METHYLTHIOACETALDEHYDE	465	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	1999
JECFA	(METHYLMERCAPTO)ACETALDEHYDE	-	-	no_data	-	-	1999
JECFA	PHENYLACETALDEHYDE DIISOBUTYL ACETAL	1006	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2002
JECFA	PHENYLACETALDEHYDE DIMETHYL ACETAL	1003	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2002
JECFA	ACETALDEHYDE BUTYL PHENETHYL ACETAL	1001	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2002
JECFA	ACETALDEHYDE PHENETHYL PROPYL ACETAL	1000	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2002
JECFA	PHENYLACETALDEHYDE 2,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL ACETAL	1005	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2002
JECFA	PHENYLACETALDEHYDE GLYCERYL ACETAL	1004	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2002
JECFA	ACETALDEHYDE ETHYL cis-3-HEXENYL ACETAL	943	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2001
JECFA	CUMYLACETALDEHYDE	-	-	no_data	-	-	2002
JECFA	p-TOLYLACETALDEHYDE	1023	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2002

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.

CosmeticsACETALDEHYDEEU status: restricted 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 Acetaldehyde used for in food?

No specific food-use/function row was found for Acetaldehyde in the rendered food-additive tables.

Is Acetaldehyde 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 .

What is the ADI for Acetaldehyde?

Acetaldehyde 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 Acetaldehyde also used in cosmetics?

Acetaldehyde has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: ACETALDEHYDE, EU status restricted.