Propane

CAS 74-98-6

Propane is a propellant and packaging gas used in aerosol food products.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Propane by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted21 CFR 184.1655retrieved 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

Separated from natural gas processing and petroleum refining.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
74-98-6
InChIKey
ATUOYWHBWRKTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 6334

Every name it appears under

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

E number

  • E944

CAS registry number

  • 130071-47-5
  • 36427-14-2
  • 74-98-6

As it appears in regulation

  • Propane

Other names

  • Bottled gas
  • D-Ala35-Tirzepatide
  • D-Ile27-Tirzepatide
  • D-Pro36-Tirzepatide
  • D-Tyr10-Tirzepatide
  • dimethyl methane
  • Dimethylmethane
  • Freon 290
  • HSDB 1672
  • InChI=1/C3H8/c1-3-2/h3H2,1-2H
  • INS NO.944
  • INS-944
  • IPZJQDSFZGZEOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • n-Propane
  • n-Propane-
  • Praseodymium doped ceria
  • propan
  • PROPANE
  • Propane (NF)
  • Propane liquefied
  • Propane, 98%
  • Propane, 99.95%, Messer(R) CANGas
  • Propane, 99.97%
  • Propane-1-13C
  • Propane-2-d
  • Propyl hydride
  • Propyldihydride
  • Purifrigor p 3.5
  • QSPL 135

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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