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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.

Showing 81 of 81 matching compounds .

fagomine roasted
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
fat-derived aldehydes fatty and sweet notes
fatty acids dairy
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
fumaric acid odorless, sour
furaldehyde caramel
furan ethereal, nutty, roasted
furan fatty acids beany and green off-odor
furan-2(5h)-one caramel
furan-2-pentyl caramel
furan-2-ylmethyl pentanoate apple, cheesy, fruity, pineapple, sweet, tropical
furaneol caramel, strawberry
furanone caramel-like
furanones sauce
furanthiol meaty, roasted, sulfurous, savory
furfural caramel, almond, toasty
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 sulfide sulfurous, garlic, onion, horseradish
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.