National food safety standard - Food additive - Carvacrol
1 Scope
This standard is applicable to carvacrol, which is a kind of food additive synthesized from carvacrol, limonene or p-cymene.
2 Chemical name, molecular formula, structural formula and relative molecular mass
2.1 Chemical name
2-methyl-5-isopropyl-phenol.
2.2 Molecular formula
C10H14O
2.3 Structural formula
1 Scope
2 Chemical name, molecular formula, structural formula and relative molecular mass
3 Technical requirements
Annex A Determination of carvacrol content
Annex B Typical gas chromatogram of carvacrol as food additive (area normalization method)
