Cinnamyl anthranilate

CAS 87-29-6

Cinnamyl anthranilate was used as a synthetic grape and cherry flavouring. The FDA prohibited it in food after rodent studies reported liver tumours.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Cinnamyl anthranilate by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationProhibited21 CFR 189.113retrieved 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

Synthesised by esterifying anthranilic acid with cinnamyl alcohol. It does not occur naturally in the fruits whose flavour it was used to imitate.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
87-29-6
InChIKey
GABQNAFEZZDSCM-RMKNXTFCSA-N
PubChem
CID 5284369

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 87-29-6

As it appears in regulation

  • Cinnamyl anthranilate

Other names

  • (2E)-3-phenylprop-2-en-1-yl 2-aminobenzoate
  • (2E)-3-phenylprop-2-enyl 2-aminobenzoate
  • (2Z)-3-phenylprop-2-en-1-yl 2-aminobenzoate
  • 2-Aminobenzoic acid 3-phenyl-2-propenyl ester
  • 2-Propen-1-ol, 3-phenyl-, 1-(2-aminobenzoate)
  • 2-Propen-1-ol, 3-phenyl-, 2-aminobenzoate
  • 3-Phenyl-2-propen-1-ol 2-aminobenzoate
  • 3-Phenyl-2-propen-1-yl 2-aminobenzoate
  • 3-Phenyl-2-propen-1-yl anthranilate
  • 3-Phenyl-2-propenyl 2-aminobenzoate
  • 3-Phenyl-2-propenyl 2-aminobenzoate #
  • 3-Phenyl-2-propenyl anthranilate
  • 3-phenyl-2-propenyl-2-aminobenzoate
  • 3-Phenyl-2-propenylanthranilate
  • [(E)-3-phenylprop-2-enyl] 2-aminobenzoate
  • [(E)-cinnamyl] 2-aminobenzoate
  • Anthranilic acid, cinnamyl ester
  • Benzoic acid, 2-amino-, 3-phenyl-2-propenyl ester
  • CAS-87-29-6
  • CCRIS 171
  • Cinnamyl 2-aminobenzoate
  • Cinnamyl alcohol, anthranilate
  • CINNAMYL ANTHRANILATE
  • CINNAMYL ANTHRANILATE (PROHIBITED) [FHFI]
  • Cinnamyl anthranylate
  • Cinnamyl o-aminobenzoate
  • Cinnamylester kyseliny anthranilove
  • FEMA No. 2295
  • FEMA NO. 2295 (GRAS DELISTED)
  • HSDB 4127
  • LTW6QIC74B

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

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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