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.
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ethyl hex-2-enoate
fruity, green, juicy, rum, sweet, vegetable
ethyl hexanoate-d
fruity
ethyl hydrogen succinate
fruity
ethyl isobutanoate
fruity
ethyl isobutyrate
fruity, ethereal, sweet, rummy, rubber
ethyl isopropyl disulfide
sulfurous
ethyl isovalerate
fruity, apple, berry
ethyl lactate
fruit
ethyl leucate
fruity
ethyl levulinate
berry, floral, fruity, green, pineapple, rhubarb, sweet
ethyl linoleate
fatty, oily, waxy
ethyl linolenate
fruity
ethyl maltol
sweet, caramel, fruity
ethyl methacrylate
fruity
ethyl methyl disulfide
sulfurous, truffle
ethyl methyl ketone-m
fruity
ethyl methyl sulfone
sulfurous
ethyl n-butyrate
fruity
ethyl n-octadecanoate
fruity
ethyl n-octanoate
fruity
ethyl nicotinate
roasted
ethyl nonanoate
fruity, natural, rose, rum, tropical, waxy, wine
ethyl octanoate
fruity, wine, waxy, apricot, brandy
ethyl oleate
fatty tallow oily buttery waxy milky
ethyl palmitate
wax
ethyl palmitoleate
fruity
ethyl pentadecanoate
honey sweet
ethyl pentanoate
yeast, fruit
ethyl phenylacetate
fruit, sweet
ethyl propionate
fruit
ethyl pyroracemate
fruity
ethyl pyruvate
sweet, rum, fruity, ethereal, caramel
ethyl salicylate
wintergreen, mint
ethyl sorbate
fruity
ethyl stearate
mild, waxy
ethyl succinate
wine, fruity, mild
ethyl syringate
fruity
ethyl tetradecanoate
ether
ethyl tiglate
fruity, green, sweet, berry
ethyl trans-2-decenoate
apple, fruity, green, pear, waxy
ethyl trans-4-decanoate
fruity
ethyl trans-4-decenoate
cognac, fruity, green, waxy
ethyl trisulfide
garlic, onion, sulfurous
ethyl undecanoate
cognac, coconut
ethyl vanillate
vanilla, sweet, woody, phenolic
ethyl vanillin
sweet, aromatic, caramel
ethyl-2-butenoate
fruity
ethyl-3e-hexenoate
fruity
ethyl-4-methylvalerate
fruity
ethylbenzene
woody
ethylcyclohexane
woody
ethylene
woody
ethylhexanoic acid
fatty, mild, rancid, sweaty
ethylhexanol
floral
ethylmercaptan
off-flavor
ethylphenol
must
ethylthioacetate
savory
ethylthioacetone
savory
eucalyptol
eucalyptus, herbal, camphor
eucarvone
minty
eudesmol
sweet, wood
eugenol
clove, warm spice
eugenol acetate
fruity
eugenyl acetate
fresh sweet woody clove floral carnation malt spice
fagomine
roasted
falcarindiol-3-acetate
fruity
falcarinol
floral
farnesal
floral, minty
farnesane
woody
farnesene
woody, green, sweet, citrus
farnesene (e)
herbal
farnesene (z)
herbal
farnesol
floral, sweet, linden, muguet, waxy
farnesyl acetate
floral, green, oil, oily, rose, wax
farnesyl acetone
winey
fat-derived aldehydes
fatty and sweet notes
fatty acid esters
fruity
fatty acid ethyl esters
fruity
fatty acid methyl esters
fruity
fatty acids
dairy
fatty alcohols
floral
fenchene
herbal
fenchol
bitter, borneol, camphor, dry, lemon, pine, sweet, woody
fenchyl acetate
citrus, fir, fresh, herbal, pine, sweet
ferruginol
camphor
ferulic acid
flavor-inactive precursor
fisetin
bitter
flavanol
odorless, astringent
flavone
bitter
flavonol
odorless, bitter
fluorene
woody
foeniculin
spicy
folic acid
odorless
formaldehyde
green
formamide
roasted
formic acid
pungent, vinegar, acidic, sour
formic acid ethenyl ester
fruity
formic acid ethyl ester
fruity
formic acid hexyl ester
fruity
fumaric acid
odorless, sour
furaldehyde
caramel
furan
ethereal, nutty, roasted
furan fatty acids
beany and green off-odor
furan linalool oxide
herbal
furan linalool oxides
caramel
furan-2(5h)-one
caramel
furan-2,5-dicarbaldehyde
caramel
furan-2-carbaldehyde
caramel
furan-2-pentyl
caramel
furan-2-ylmethanol
caramel
furan-2-ylmethyl pentanoate
apple, cheesy, fruity, pineapple, sweet, tropical
furandicarboxylic acid
chemical
furaneol
caramel, strawberry
furanic aldehydes
green
furanoid cis-linalool oxide
caramel
furanone
caramel-like
furanones
sauce
furanthiol
meaty, roasted, sulfurous, savory
furfural
caramel, almond, toasty
furfural (furan-2-carbaldehyde)
caramel
furfural acetate
fruity
furfural alcohol
caramel
furfurol
toasty, burnt
furfuryl acetate
banana, fruity, horseradish, sweet
furfuryl alcohol
burnt, sweet, caramel
furfuryl formate
ethereal
furfuryl isovalerate
berry, fruity, grape, plum, ripe
furfuryl methyl ether
mustard
furfuryl methyl sulfide
sulfurous, garlic, onion, horseradish
furopelargone a
other
fusel alcohol esters
fruity aromatic notes
fusel alcohols
alcohol, nail polish
galactitol
odorless, faintly sweet
galacturonic acid
sour
galangal acetate
fruity
galegine sulfate
bitter
gallic acid
sour
gallocatechin
bitter
gamma-bisabolene
herbal
gamma-butyrolactone
caramel, creamy, fatty, oily, sweet
gamma-cadinene
herbal woody
gamma-caprolactone
coconut, coumarin, herbal, sweet, tobacco
gamma-decalactone
peach, creamy, coconut, sweet, fruity
gamma-decanolactone
dairy
gamma-dodecanolactone
dairy
gamma-eicosalactone
dairy
gamma-elemene
green woody oily
gamma-ethoxy-butyrolactone
dried fruit, pastry
gamma-eudesmol
sweet, wax, waxy
gamma-glutamyl-s-propenyl-l-cysteine sulfoxide
kokumi flavor (continuity, thickness, and mouthfulness)
gamma-heptanolactone
dairy
gamma-hexadecalactone
dairy
gamma-jasmolactone
dairy
gamma-lactone
apricot
gamma-lactones
creamy
gamma-muurolene
herb, wood, spice
gamma-n-caprolactone
dairy
gamma-nonalactone
coconut, sweet, creamy
gamma-nonanolactone
coconut, creamy, sweet, waxy, peach
gamma-octanoic lactone
coconut milk
gamma-octanolactone
dairy
gamma-pentalactone
dairy
gamma-phenylpropyl acetate
fruity
gamma-selinene
wood, woody
gamma-terpene
floral and fruity
gamma-terpinene
gasoline, turpentine, citrus
gamma-terpineol
lilac, terpineol
gamma-tetradecalactone
dairy
gamma-undecalactone
peach, sweet, fatty
ganoderic acid a
bitter
geijerene
woody
genistein
bitter
genkwanin
bitter
gentianine
bitter
Descriptions sourced from FlavorDB, TGSC, PubChem, and VCF databases. Learn more about our data sources.