Acetaldehyde

Drug ingredient

CAS 75-07-0

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$753K

Top sourceChina 90%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291212 · exact

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 90%ChinaIT 7%ItalyDE 3%GermanyGB 1%United Kingdom

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Dow Chemical

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Eastman Chemical

7 FDA-registered drug labelers

BioActive Nutritional, Inc.

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Dr. Donna Restivo DC

Energetix Corporation

Energique, Inc.

Pro Weight Loss Inc.

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthConstructionPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 20 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Detox II
•Cand Plus
•Glucoreg
•Bread Cravings
•Aller-Chord F
•Bio Glyoxal Phase
•Perfumox 6028
•Acetaldehyde Phenolic

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•Hormone Harmony
•Acetaldehyde 1501
•Isopathic Phenolic Rings
•Opsin I 6014
•Acetaldehyde
•Multi-Phenolic
•Hormone Balance
•Hormone Combination
•D1 Organ Support
•D2 Organ Support
•Free Radical
•Detox I

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 4 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (98%)Processing as a reactant
•Solvent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (2%)Processing—repackaging
•Intermediate in Adhesive Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS75-07-0

PubChem CID177

DTXSIDDTXSID5039224

FormulaC2H4O

Mol. Weight44.05 g/mol

SMILESCC=O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5039224Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 177Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Acetaldehyde (CAS 75-07-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/75-07-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5039224. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5039224 PubChem: 177. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/177 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 75-07-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 75-07-0. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291212 for CAS 75-07-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/