Ethyl Octanoate (Ethyl caprylate) (A0507)

Please note that the listed chemical is not a natural product. It is not derived by conventional food processing processes from natural raw materials, whether plant or animal. Rather, it is a synthetic compound manufactured largely from petroleum derived chemicals of no known nutritive value. This is an essentially pure chemical compound whose only other chemical components are traces of isomers, raw materials or solvents. This product is approximately 94.0% pure; any impurities are at insignificant compositional percentages. This synthetic chemical is not at risk to contaminate food sources with any harmful natural substances. Manufacture of this chemical involves no plant or animal substances that could be linked to allergens or animal disease components such as BSE/TSE prions.

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