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 126 of 126 matching compounds .
s-(e)-nerolidol
herbal
s-allyl cysteine
savory
s-alpha-terpineol
herbal
s-ethyl ethanethioate
coffee, fruity, garlic, meaty, onion, sulfury
s-ethyl thioacetate
cooked onions and vegetables
s-furfuryl thioacetate
burnt, coffee, nutty, roast, roasted, sulfury
s-gamma-nonanolactone
dairy
s-linalool
herbal
s-methyl 2-furancarbothioate
cooked, creamy, fried, milky, onion
s-methyl 3-methylbutanethioate
acrid, cheese, fermented, mushroom, ripe, sharp, sulfury, tomato
s-methyl thioacetate
cabbage, cheese, dairy, egg, sulfurous, vegetable
s-methyl thiobutyrate
animal, cabbage, cheese, garlic, putrid, sulfury
s-methyl thiohexanoate
savory
s-methylcysteine sulfoxide
savory
s-propyl thioacetate
garlic, green, onion, sulfurous
s-verbenone
green, fresh
s/r-dihydroactinidiolide
dairy
sabina ketone
fruity
sabinene
woody, terpenic, spicy, citrus, pine
sabinene hydrate (cis)
floral
sabinene hydrate (trans)
floral
sabinol
woody, piney, camphoraceous
sabinyl acetate
fruity
safranal
saffron, herbal, spicy, phenolic, sweet
safrole
spice, sweet, warm
salicylaldehyde
cinnamon, cooling, medical, spicy, wintergreen
salicylic acid
phenolic, faint, nutty, medicinal
salicylic esters
fruity
salvial-4(14)-en-1-one
fruity
santalene
woody
santalol
sandalwood, woody, sweet, soft
santalol, alpha- and beta-
deep, sandalwood, sweet, woody
santolina alcohol
floral
santolinatriene
woody
sativene
herbal
saupirin
bitter
scalaral
herbal
sclarene
herbal
sclareol
sweet woody balsamic clary sage amber weedy brothy cascarilla
sclareol oxide
herbal
sclareolide
at 0.10 - 5.00 ppm.
sclareololide
dairy
scopoletin
herbal
scutellarein
bitter
sec-butyl acetate
solvent fruity banana
sec-butyl isothiocyanate
sulfurous
sec-butylamine
ammonia and fishy odor
secondary alcohols
floral
sedanenolide
herbal
sedanolide
herbal
sedanonic anhydride
herbal
selinene
floral, green, honey, citrus, apple, fruity, solvent
senkyunolide
dairy
senkyunolide a
dairy
senkyunolide i
dairy
senkyunolide j
dairy
senkyunolide n
dairy
sesamol
roasted, chemical, pine
seselin
herbal
sesquiphellandrene
sweet, fruit, herb
sesquisabinene
woody
sesquisabinene hydrate
floral
sesquithujene
woody
sherry lactone 1
dairy
sherry lactone 2
dairy
shiitake alcohol
off-flavor
shikimic acid
sour
shogaol
butter, chemical, fatty
shyobunol
herbal
silica
odorless
silphin-1-ene
herbal
sinapic acid
odorless
sinensetin
bitter
sinigrin
bitter
sobrerol
herbal
soccol
soy, fermented
solanone
fruity tobacco melon
sorbic acid
dairy
sorbitol
odorless
sotolon
curry, maple, caramel, fenugreek
sotolone
fenugreek, curry, maple, caramel
spathulenol
earthy, herbal, woody, fruity
spatulenol
fruity, woody, sweet
spermidine
roasted
spermine
roasted
squalene
floral
stearic acid
odorless mild fatty waxy
stearol
floral
sterol
odorless, faint waxy, fatty
stigmasterol
other
strecker aldehydes
nutty, malty, toasted, cocoa
styrene
balsamic, gasoline
suberosin
herbal
succinate ester
fruity
succinic acid
odorless, sour
sucrose
other
sulcatone
fruity
sulfosalicylic acid
fruity
sulfur dioxide
bitter
sulphides
unpleasant
sylvestrene
herbal
syringaldehyde
mild, plastic, sweet, tonka, woody
syringic acid
sour
Descriptions sourced from FlavorDB, TGSC, PubChem, and VCF databases. Learn more about our data sources.