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 14 of 14 matching compounds .

y = 0.338x + 0.0062

y = 0.5366×-0.01032

y = 1.5236×-0.002503

y = 1.7166x + 0.0086

y = 10,389× + 1,840,000

y = 12,329× + 490,100

y 0.0539x −0.0014

y 0.074x + 0.0085

y 0.0851x + 0.0288

y-hexanolactone dairy

yakuchinone

ylangene spicy, fresh, woody

ynoic acid corn, fatty, menthol

yomogi alcohol herbal

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