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.
Showing 81 of 81 matching compounds .
fagomine
roasted
falcarindiol-3-acetate
fruity
falcarinol
floral
farnesal
floral, minty
farnesane
woody
farnesene
woody, green, sweet, citrus
farnesene (e)
herbal
farnesene (z)
herbal
farnesol
floral, sweet, linden, muguet, waxy
farnesyl acetate
floral, green, oil, oily, rose, wax
farnesyl acetone
winey
fat-derived aldehydes
fatty and sweet notes
fatty acid esters
fruity
fatty acid ethyl esters
fruity
fatty acid methyl esters
fruity
fatty acids
dairy
fatty alcohols
floral
fenchene
herbal
fenchol
bitter, borneol, camphor, dry, lemon, pine, sweet, woody
fenchyl acetate
citrus, fir, fresh, herbal, pine, sweet
ferruginol
camphor
ferulic acid
flavor-inactive precursor
fisetin
bitter
flavanol
odorless, astringent
flavone
bitter
flavonol
odorless, bitter
fluorene
woody
foeniculin
spicy
folic acid
odorless
formaldehyde
green
formamide
roasted
formic acid
pungent, vinegar, acidic, sour
formic acid ethenyl ester
fruity
formic acid ethyl ester
fruity
formic acid hexyl ester
fruity
fumaric acid
odorless, sour
furaldehyde
caramel
furan
ethereal, nutty, roasted
furan fatty acids
beany and green off-odor
furan linalool oxide
herbal
furan linalool oxides
caramel
furan-2(5h)-one
caramel
furan-2,5-dicarbaldehyde
caramel
furan-2-carbaldehyde
caramel
furan-2-pentyl
caramel
furan-2-ylmethanol
caramel
furan-2-ylmethyl pentanoate
apple, cheesy, fruity, pineapple, sweet, tropical
furandicarboxylic acid
chemical
furaneol
caramel, strawberry
furanic aldehydes
green
furanoid cis-linalool oxide
caramel
furanone
caramel-like
furanones
sauce
furanthiol
meaty, roasted, sulfurous, savory
furfural
caramel, almond, toasty
furfural (furan-2-carbaldehyde)
caramel
furfural acetate
fruity
furfural alcohol
caramel
furfurol
toasty, burnt
furfuryl acetate
banana, fruity, horseradish, sweet
furfuryl alcohol
burnt, sweet, caramel
furfuryl formate
ethereal
furfuryl isovalerate
berry, fruity, grape, plum, ripe
furfuryl methyl ether
mustard
furfuryl methyl sulfide
sulfurous, garlic, onion, horseradish
furopelargone a
other
fusel alcohol esters
fruity aromatic notes
fusel alcohols
alcohol, nail polish
Descriptions sourced from FlavorDB, TGSC, PubChem, and VCF databases. Learn more about our data sources.