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 29 of 29 matching compounds .

r-alpha-ionone

r-delta-octanolactone dairy

r-diendiol i (r-2,6-dimethyl-3,7-octadiene-2,6-diol) herbal

r-gamma-heptanolactone dairy

r-pineneb *

rac. =

rasool apple, chemical, green

rebaudioside a sweet

ref.

rel-(3s,3as,6r,7as)-dihydromintlactone sweet/milky, caramel-like/spicy

resorcinol phenolic, sweet, musty

resveratrol bitter

retinoic acid odorless, faint

retinol odorless, faint waxy

retinyl acetate

rhaponticin

rhodovibrin

ribitol odorless, faintly sweet

rose-like, citrus-like

rosefuran caramel, green, mint, minty

rosifoliol other

rosmanol

rosmarinic acid anticancer properties

rotundone peppery, spicy, woody

rotungenic acid herbal

roughanic acid

routine spicy

rutaretin herbal

rutin spicy

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