1504 – Ethyl Acetate
Description: natural component of many fruits. It is commercially produced from acetic acid. Ethyl acetate is a flavour component as well as a solvent for flavours.
Products: Many products with fruit flavour.
Side effects: none known when used in foods.
Ethyl acetate (systematically, ethyl ethanoate, commonly abbreviated EA) is the organic compound with the formula CH3CH2OC(O)CH3. This colorless liquid has a characteristic, not unpleasant smell (similar to pear drops) like certain glues or nail polish removers, in which it is used. As the ester derived from ethanol and acetic acid, thus commonly abbreviated EtOAc, it is manufactured on a large scale for use as a solvent.
