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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.

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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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ethyl pyruvate sweet, rum, fruity, ethereal, caramel
ethyl salicylate wintergreen, mint
ethyl sorbate fruity
ethyl stearate mild, waxy
ethyl succinate wine, fruity, mild
ethyl tiglate fruity, green, sweet, berry
ethyl trans-2-decenoate apple, fruity, green, pear, waxy
ethyl trans-4-decenoate cognac, fruity, green, waxy
ethyl trisulfide garlic, onion, sulfurous
ethyl undecanoate cognac, coconut
ethyl vanillate vanilla, sweet, woody, phenolic
ethyl vanillin sweet, aromatic, caramel
ethylbenzene woody
ethylene woody
ethylhexanoic acid fatty, mild, rancid, sweaty
ethylhexanol floral
ethylmercaptan off-flavor
eucalyptol eucalyptus, herbal, camphor
eucarvone minty
eudesmol sweet, wood
eugenol clove, warm spice
eugenyl acetate fresh sweet woody clove floral carnation malt spice

Descriptions sourced from FlavorDB, TGSC, PubChem, and VCF databases. Learn more about our data sources.