Acetone

CAS 67-64-1

Acetone is a solvent used to extract and process food ingredients, and is removed before the food is finished rather than remaining in it.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Acetone by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 173.210retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Produced industrially as a co-product of phenol manufacture from petroleum feedstocks. It also occurs naturally in the body as a product of fat metabolism.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
67-64-1
InChIKey
CSCPPACGZOOCGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 180

Every name it appears under

62 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 67-64-1

As it appears in regulation

  • Acetone

Other names

  • .beta.-Ketopropane
  • 2-propanal
  • 2-propanone
  • 2propanone
  • Aceton
  • Acetone
  • ACETONE (1,1,1,3,3,3-D6)
  • Acetone (natural)
  • Acetone (NF)
  • Acetone ACS
  • Acetone ACS low benzene
  • Acetone HPLC grade
  • Acetone oil
  • Acetone SpS
  • Acetone, ACS reagent
  • Acetone, ACS reagent, >=99.5%
  • Acetone, analytical standard
  • Acetone, for HPLC
  • Acetone, for HPLC, >=99.8%
  • Acetone, for HPLC, >=99.9%
  • Acetone, histological grade
  • Acetone-2-(1)(3)C
  • b-Ketopropane
  • beta-Ketopropane
  • Bio acetone
  • CAS-67-64-1
  • Caswell No. 004
  • CCRIS 5953
  • CH3COCH3
  • Chevron acetone
  • Dimethyl formaldehyde
  • Dimethyl ketone
  • dimethylcetone
  • Dimethylformaldehyde
  • Dimethylketal
  • Dimethylketon
  • dimethylketone
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 004101
  • FEMA No. 3326
  • HSDB 41
  • isopropanal
  • Ketone propane
  • Ketone, dimethyl
  • Ketone, dimethyl-
  • Methyl ketone
  • methyl methyl ketone
  • methyl-ketone
  • methylketone
  • propan-2-one
  • Propanon
  • propanone
  • propanone (acetone)
  • Pyroacetic acid
  • Pyroacetic ether
  • RCRA waste no. U002
  • RCRA waste number U002
  • Sasetone
  • Taimax
  • TAK - Toxic Alcohols

Systematic names

  • propan-2-one

Hazard reference values

Values set by assessing bodies. A body that has not set a value is not listed here.
TypeValuePopulationAssessed byOpinion
ADI0.9 mg/kg bw/dayconsumersEFSA CONTAM2012

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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