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 36 of 36 matching compounds .
vaccenic acid
sour
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
vanillyl alcohol
floral
vanillyl glycol
floral
vanillylacetone
animal, clove, ginger, phenolic, spicy, sweet, vanilla, woody
veratrol
spicy
verbenalin
bitter
verbenene
herbal
verbenol
fresh, ozone, pine
verbenyl acetate
fruity
vinyl acetate
fruity
vinyl-dithiin
savory
vinyl-guaiacol
spicy
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.