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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gentisic acid
sour
geosmin
earthy, musty, beet
geranial acetate
fruity
geranic acid
green, citrus, lemon, woody, weedy
geraniol
rose, geranium
geraniol acetate
fruity
geranyactone
herbal
geranyl 2-methylbutanoate
herbal
geranyl acetate
rose
geranyl alcohol
floral
geranyl benzoate
floral
geranyl butyrate
fruit, rose, apple
geranyl diphosphate
camphor, chemical, citrus
geranyl formate
bitter, fresh, green, neroli, rose, tea
geranyl isobutyrate
apricot, floral, fruity, green, peach, rose, sweet
geranyl isovalerate
fruit, rose, apple
geranyl linalool
floral rose
geranyl oleate
fruity
geranyl propionate
bitter
geranyl pyrophosphate
odorless
geranyl tiglate
fruity, geranium, herbal, sweet
geranyl-alpha-terpinene
herbal
geranyl-p-cymene
herbal
geranylaceton
fruity
germacrene a
herbal
germacrene b
woody, earthy, spicy
germacrene d
wood, spice
germacrene-d-4-ol
herbal
germacrone
fruity
gerontol
chemical
gingerdione
fruity
gingerol
pungent, spicy, warm
ginkgolide a
bitter
ginkgolide b
bitter
ginkgolide c
bitter
ginsinsene
woody
gleenol
floral
globulol
floral rose
glucobrassicin
bitter
gluconapin
bitterness
gluconasturtiin
sulfurous
glucoraphanin
sulfurous
glucuronic acid
dairy
glutamine
umami taste-related
glutaraldehyde
pungent, acrid, sharp
glutaric acid
odorless
glyceraldehyde
green
glyceric acid
sour
glycerol
odorless
glycerol-1-myristate
pleasant odor
glycerylmonostearate
fruity
glycidyl oleate
fruity
glycine
odorless
glycol
rancid, cheesy, sweaty, fatty
glycolaldehyde
green
glycolic acid
odorless very mild buttery
glyoxal
mild sour
glyoxylic acid
sour, acidic, faint
gondoic acid
sour
gossonorol
floral
grasshopper ketone
fruity
grosheimin
bitter
guaiacol
smoky, phenolic, wood
guaiacols
bitter
guaiene
wood, spice
guaiol
wood, balsamic
guanosine
other
harman
roasted
harmane
bitter
hazelnut pyrazine
hazelnut
hedycaryol
floral
heneicosane
alkane
heneicosanoic acid
fatty, waxy, oily
henicosane
waxy
hentriacontane
woody
hepatol
fatty, oily
hept-2-enal
green
hept-2-yl acetate
fruity
hepta-2,4-dienal
green
heptacosane
woody
heptadecan-2-one
floral, fruity
heptadecanal
green
heptadecane
alkane
heptadecanoic acid
waxy, fatty, oily, mild
heptadecanol
floral
heptadecanone
fruity
heptadecyl acetate
fruity
heptadienal
fishy and algal
heptaldehyde
green
heptan-2-one
fruity, banana, blue cheese, fatty
heptanal
fat, citrus, rancid
heptane
alkane
heptanenitrile
roasted
heptanoic acid
rancid, cheesy, sour, fatty, waxy
heptanoic acid ethyl ester
fruity
heptanol
herb
heptanone
undesirable
heptatriacontane
woody
hepten-1-ol
green, fatty, fresh, mushroom
hepten-2-ol
chemical, fruity, almond, floral, green, earthy, sweet
hepten-2-one
fruity, green, nutty
hepten-4-one
fruity, earthy, butter, nutty, malty, green, grassy, woody
heptenal
fishy aroma
heptene-2-one
camphor, citrus, fruity, floral, green, orange
heptenol
floral
heptyl acetate
apricot, fresh, fruit, green, pear, ripe, rum, woody
heptyl formate
apple, cucumber, floral, green, herbal, plum, waxy
heptyl isobutyrate
sweet green fruity warm floral apple cherry apricot
heptylisopentanoate
fruity
heraclenin
herbal
herniarin
balsamic, sweet
hex-2-en-1-ol
floral
hex-2-enal
green, apple, grassy, leafy
hex-3-en-1-ol
floral
hex-3-enal
green, leafy, grassy, apple
hex-3-enol
floral
hex-3-enyl acetate
fresh
hex-e2-enal
green
hexacosane
woody
hexadecanal
cardboard
hexadecane
alkane
hexadecanoic acid ethyl ester
tropical fruit, creamy fullness
hexadecen-1-ol
waxy, fatty, faint
hexadecenoic acid
fatty, waxy, faint
hexahydrocurcumin
spicy
hexaldehyde
green
hexan-1-ol
green, grassy, fruity, fatty
hexan-2-ol
floral
hexanal
fresh-cut grass, green
hexanal m
green
hexanal, 5-methyl-
green
hexanal-d
green
hexanaldehyde-d12
green
hexane
alkane
hexanedial
green
hexanedioic acid
odorless
hexanediol
citrus, lemon, lavender, fermented, floral, orange, rose, fatty
hexanenitrile
unpleasant
hexanethiol
sulfur
hexanoate esters
fruity
hexanoic acid
sweaty, cheesy, fatty, sour
hexanoic acid butyl ester
fruity
hexanoic acid ethyl ester
fruity
hexanoic acid hexyl ester
fruity
hexanoic acid methyl ester
fruity
hexanol
green, fruity, grassy, fatty
hexanone
fruity
hexanyl acetate
fruity
hexathiane
savory
hexen-1-ol
green, grassy, leafy, fresh
hexen-2-ol
honey, eucalyptus, spicy
hexenal
green
hexenal isomers
green/grassy
hexenoic acid
green, fatty, sour, sweaty
hexenol
green, leafy, grassy, fresh
hexyl 2-methyl butyrate
green strawberry also used in reconstituted essential oils and in berries
hexyl 2-methylbutanoate
strawberry
hexyl acetate
fruity, apple, banana, pear, green
hexyl benzoate
balsam, clean, fresh, sappy, woody
hexyl butyrate
fruity, green apple, waxy, sweet
hexyl caproate
fruity
hexyl caprylate
fruity
hexyl cinnamic aldehyde
floral, fresh, green, herbal, jasmin, waxy
hexyl esters
fruity aroma
Descriptions sourced from FlavorDB, TGSC, PubChem, and VCF databases. Learn more about our data sources.