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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 36 of 36 matching compounds .

valencen asprin, citrus, dry, fresh, grapefruit, green, oil, oily, orange, sweet, woody
valencene citrus, green, woody
valeranone fruity
valerianol pear, pine, floral, green, chemical
valerophenone balsam, valerian
valofin bitter, cooling, fruity, sweet, woody
vanilic acid dairy
vanillic acid vanilla, sweet, creamy, powdery, milky
vanillin vanilla, sweet, creamy
vanillylacetone animal, clove, ginger, phenolic, spicy, sweet, vanilla, woody
veratrol spicy
verbenalin bitter
verbenene herbal
verbenol fresh, ozone, pine
vinyl acetate fruity
vinyl-dithiin savory
vinylphenol spicy
vinylphenols spicy
violet leaf aldehyde cucumber, dry, fatty, green, leaf, violet, wax
viridiflorene herbal
viridiflorol green, sweet
vitamin u green, malty, potato, sulfury, tomato
vitexin other
vitispirane earthy, floral, fruity, woody
volatile phenols smoky, phenolic, medicinal, woody

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