Flavor Compound Glossary
The molecules that make food taste and smell the way it does. When two ingredients share compounds from this list, they're more likely to pair well together. 5240 compounds total.
An exact name, CAS number, PubChem CID, or FEMA # jumps straight to that compound. Or search by smell — one or more aroma words like ethereal fruity strawberry rank the closest-matching compounds below.
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citramalic acid
acidic taste
citric acid
odorless
citronellal
fat
citronellic acid
fatty, floral, grassy, green, smoky
citronellol
rose, green, citronella
citronellyl acetate
rose, dust
citronellyl butyrate
fruit, sweet, rose
citronellyl formate
apricot, bergamot, cucumber, honey, peach, plum, rose
citronellyl isobutyrate
fruit, rose
citronellyl tiglate
fruity
cnidicin
herbal
cnidilide
herbal
compound 12
cucumber-like, green, grassy
compound 17
cucumber-like, green, grassy
compound 21
cucumber-like, green, grassy
compound 23
cucumber-like, green, grassy
compound 3
fruity
compound 32
caramel-like, yakitori-like, sweet
compound 34
caramel-like, yakitori-like, sweet
coniferyl alcohol
spicy
copanene
herbal
cortisol
odorless
costunolide
dairy
coumarin
sweet, hay, vanilla-like
coumestrol
bitter
creatine
other
creatinine
other
creosol
phenolic, woody, smoky
cresol
phenolic, medicinal, smoky, tar
crypton
caraway, cumin, herbal, spice, woody
cryptone
fruity
cubebene
herbal
cubebol
spicy minty
cubenol
spice, herb, green tea
cucurbitacine e
bitter
cumene
woody
cuminaldehyde
Spicy, cumin, green, herbal and vegetable-like
cuminic alcohol
wood, herb
cuparene
herbal
curcumene
herb
curcumenol
fatty, fresh
curcuphenol
spicy
curdione
fruity
curlone
herbal
curzerene
woody
curzerenone
caramel
cyanidin chloride
spicy
cyanidin-3-glucoside
other
cyclic octa-atomic sulfur
savory
cycloalliin
sulfurous
cycloartenol
herbal
cyclododecane
woody
cyclofenchene
herbal
cyclohexane
woody
cyclohexanecarboxylic acid
fruity, acidic, cheesy, metallic
cyclohexanol
camphor, menthol, phenol
cyclohexanone
acetone, minty
cyclohexen-1-ol
pine
cyclohexen-1-one
sharp, sweet, almond, pungent
cyclohexene
solvent, faint sweet, hydrocarbon
cyclohexyl butyrate
apple, fruity, pineapple
cyclohexyl isothiocyanate
sulfurous
cyclopentanol
floral
cyclopentanone
minty
cyclopenten-1-one
camphor, chemical, coffee
cyclosativene
herbal
cyclotene
caramel, maple, sweet, nutty, bready
cyclotetradecane
woody
cymen-7-ol
pine
cymen-8-ol
lilac, floral, herbal, woody
cymene
eucalyptus, chemical, pine, floral
cyperene
woody
cyperotundone
other
cysteine
cheese aroma precursor
cytidine
other
cytosol
odorless
Descriptions sourced from FlavorDB, TGSC, PubChem, and VCF databases. Learn more about our data sources.