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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hexyl formate
green, fruity, unripe plum, banana
hexyl hexanoate
fruity, green apple, herbal, fresh, peach
hexyl isobutyrate
apple, berry, fruity, grape, green, pear, ripe, sweet, wine
hexyl isothiocyanate
green, sharp
hexyl isovalerate
apple skin, fruity, green, strawberry, sweet, unripe fruit
hexyl octanoate
herb, green, oil
hexyl propionate
fruit, fruity, green, melon, musty, pear, rotting
hexyl salicylate
dry, hay note, waxy, floral
hexyl thiocyanate
savory
hexylamine
ammoniacal, musty, fishy
higher alcohols
floral
himachalenes
woody
himachalol
floral
hinesol
pear, pine, chemical
histamine
roasted
hmdb05796
bitter
homofuraneol
caramel, sweet
homovanillic acid
sour
homovanillyl alcohol
floral
hordenine
spicy
hotrienol
hyacinth
humulene diepoxide c
herbal
humulene diepoxiol c-i
herbal
humulene diepoxiol c-ii
herbal
humulene epoxide i
herb
humulene epoxide ii
herbal
humulenol ii
floral
hydantoin
roasted
hydrocaffeic acid
dairy
hydrocinnamic acid
balsamic
hydrogen cyanide
bitter
hydrogen peroxide
bitter
hydrogen sulfide
rotten eggs
hydrogen sulphide
savory
hydroquinone
spicy
hydroxy butanone
perceived aroma
hydroxyacetone
caramellic, ethereal, pungent, sweet
hydroxybenzaldehyde
green
hydroxybenzoic acid
chemical
hydroxycitronellal
floral, green, lily, melon, sweet, tropical, waxy
hydroxyl methyl furfural
caramel
hydroxyl-2-butanone
fruity
hydroxymaltol
caramel
hydroxymethylfurfural
caramel
hydroxyphenyllactic acid
dairy
hydroxypropanoic acid
dairy
hydroxytyrosol
floral
hyperoside
spicy
hypogeic acid
dairy
hypoxanthine
other
i-amyl alcohol
floral
i-butanol
floral
imperatorin
herbal
indole
fecal, floral, mothball, animal
indole-3-acetic acid
mild, odorless, sour
indole-3-lactic acid
dairy
indole-5,6-quinone
roasted
inosine
other
inosinic acid
odorless
inositol
odorless, faintly sweet
intermedeol
herbal
ionone
floral
ipsdienol
pine balsamic
iso-butyl alcohol
floral
iso-menthone
fruity
isoamyl acetate
banana, pear
isoamyl aldehyde
green
isoamyl angelate
chamomile, floral, fruity
isoamyl butanoate
fruity
isoamyl butyrate
apricot, banana, fruity, green, hop_oil, melon, papaya, pear, tropica, whiskey
isoamyl caprate
fruity
isoamyl ethanoate
fruity
isoamyl formate
fruity
isoamyl isobutyrate
fruity ethereal tropical green grape cherry unripe banana apple cocoa
isoamyl isovalerate
apple, fruity, green, jammy, mango, ripe, sweet, tropical
isoamyl lactate
fruity creamy nutty
isoamyl laurate
beer, brandy, fatty, oily, peach, rum, waxy, wine
isoamyl nonanoate
apricot, floral, fruity, oily
isoamyl octanoate
Sweet, fruity, waxy, pineapple, fruity and green with coconut and cognac nuances
isoamyl propionate
banana, bitter, fruit, fruity, pineapple, ripe, sweet, tomato, tropical
isoamyl sovalerate
fruity
isoamylamine
ammonia, unpleasant
isoamylol
floral
isobergapten
herbal
isoborneol
must, camphor
isobornyl acetate
balsam, camphor, herbal, sweet, woody
isobutanal
green
isobutanoic acid
rancid, butter, cheese, sour
isobutyl acetate
fruit, apple, banana
isobutyl angelate
Green, sweet and spicy
isobutyl benzoate
balsam, fruity, musty, powdery, sweet
isobutyl butyrate
apple, berry, fruity, pineapple, rum, sweet
isobutyl decanoate
oily sweet brandy apricot fermented cognac
isobutyl formate
chemical, ether, fruity, sweet
isobutyl hexanoate
fruity, green, peach, pineapple, sweet, tropical
isobutyl hydroxypyrazine
roasted
isobutyl isobutyrate
grape skin, pineapple, tropical
isobutyl isothiocyanate
green
isobutyl isovalerate
apple, banana, fruity, green, raspberry, sweet
isobutyl laurate
fruity
isobutyl octanoate
fruity green oily floral
isobutyl propionate
banana, bitter, ether, fruity, green, sweet, tutti frutti
isobutyl tiglate
herbal pungent
isobutyraldehyde
malty, green, pungent, aldehydic
isobutyrate
pleasurable
isobutyric acid
rancid, butter, cheese
isocaryophyllene
wood
isocaryophyllene oxide
herbal
isochavicine
roasted
isocomene
herbal
isodihydrocarveol
wood, spice
isoelemicin
flower, spice
isoeugenol
clove, sweet, spicy
isoferulic acid
sour
isoflavone
bitter
isogeranial
green
isogeraniol
floral
isohexanol
floral
isoimperatorin
herbal
isoisopulegol
herbal
isoledene
herbal
isoliquiritigenin
bitter
isomenthol
cooling
isomeranzin
numbing, pungent
isooctanol
fatty orange rose
isooctylacetate
fruity
isopentanoic acid
dairy
isopentanol
aroma-active
isopentyl alcohol
whiskey, malt, burnt, fusel
isopentyl benzoate
balsamic, green, sweet, waxy
isopentyl ethanoate
fruity
isopentyl formate
blackcurrant, dry, earthy, ethereal, fruit, green, plum, vinous
isopentyl hexanoate
apple, banana, fruity, green, pineapple
isopentyl isobutyrate
apricot, banana, fruity, green, pineapple, waxy
isopentyl isopentanoate
fruity
isopentyl isovalerate
banana aroma
isophorone
woody, camphoraceous, musty, sweet, tobacco
isophytol
mild, floral, herbal, green, oily
isopimpinellin
herbal
isopinocamphone
camphoreous, cedar
isopiperitenol
floral
isopiperitenone
sweet herbal fruity
isoprene
woody
isoprenol
pine
isopropanol
alcohol, bitter, musty, woody
isopropyl acetate
fruity, ethereal, banana, sweet
isopropyl butyrate
pungent, fruit
isopropyl hexadecanoate
fruity
isopropyl hexanoate
fresh
isopropyl hydroxypyrazine
roasted
isopropyl linoleate
fruity
isopropyl mercaptan
sulfurous
isopropyl myristate
cinnamon, faint, fatty, oily
isopropyl p-cresol sulfide
savory
isopropyl propyl disulfide
sulfurous
isopropyl propyl trisulfide
sulfurous
isopropylamine
ammoniacal, fishy, amine
isopropylcyclohexane
woody
isopulegol
minty, cooling, herbal, woody
isopulegol acetate
leaf, mint, peppermint, sweet, tropical, woody
isopulegone
fresh, herbal, peppermint
isoquercitrin
odorless
isoquinoline
anise, balsam, benzaldehyde, herbal, sweet
isorhamnetin
bitter
isoshyobunone
fruity
isospathulenol
floral
isoterpinolene
woody
isothiazole
sour/rancid
isothiocyanates
pungent, mustard, horseradish, sulfurous
isothymol
off-odor
isovaleraldehyde
malty, aldehydic, cocoa, almond, green
isovalerate
dairy
isovaleric acid
cheesy, sweaty, sour, rancid
isoxanthohumol
bitter
italicene ether
other
jasmine lactone
dairy
jasmonone
honeysuckle fragrance
junenol
floral
junionone
olfactorily interesting
Descriptions sourced from FlavorDB, TGSC, PubChem, and VCF databases. Learn more about our data sources.