Acetylpyrazine is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a yellow-brown powder at room temperature. Chemically, acetylpyrazine is a pyrazine and a

ketone In organic chemistry, a ketone is a functional group with the structure R–C(=O)–R', where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents. Ketones contain a carbonyl group –C(=O)– (which contains a carbon-oxygen double bo ...

. Acetylpyrazine is found in foods such as seeds,

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meat Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted, farmed, and scavenged animals for meat since prehistoric times. The establishment of settlements in the Neolithic Revolution allowed the domestication of animals such as chic ...

s. It is used in frozen dairy products such as ice cream. It is considered generally recognized as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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{{reflist Pyrazines Aromatic ketones