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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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2-heptanal fruity, green, citrus, sulfurous, fatty, corn, woody, sweet, nutty, potato
2-heptanol bitter, floral, fresh, fruity, grass, green, herbal, lemon, mushroom, sweet
2-heptanone fruity, blue cheese, spicy, banana
2-heptanone-d banana
2-heptenal green
2-heptylfuran green, fatty, nutty, oily
2-hexanal green, apple, fatty, aldehydic
2-hexanol winey, ethereal, green, fruity
2-hexanone ethereal, fruity, sharp
2-hexenal green, leafy, apple, fruity, almond
2-hexenoate chemical, fruity, floral, green, woody, sweet, nutty, apple
2-hexenol leaf, green, wine, fruit
2-hexenyl butanoate green, orchid, fruity, apple, grassy, banana
2-hexenyl propanoate apple, fruity, green, pear
2-hydroxy-3-butanone caramel-like, roast
2-hydroxy-3-pentanone buttery, caramel, nutty, sweet
2-hydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde sexual and alarm pheromone for adult mites
2-hydroxyisophorone phenolic burnt tobacco smoky nut skin
2-iodo-4-methylphenol similar to halogenated phenol
2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine green bell pepper, earthy, galbanum
2-isobutyl-4,5-dimethyl-3-oxazoline green, cardboard, musty
2-isobutylthiazole tomato leaf, green
2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine earthy, pea, raw potato, beany
2-isopropyl-4,5-dimethyl-3-oxazoline green, cardboard, musty
2-mercaptoethanol sulfurous, rubbery, burnt, reductive
2-methoxy-3-(1-methylethyl)- pleasant and buttery
2-methoxy-3-(1-methylethyl)-pyrazine sweetness and caramel-like flavor
2-methoxy-3-(2-methylpropyl)-pyrazine earth, spice, green pepper, pepper, green, bell, pea, galbanum, greenpepper
2-methoxy-3-methylpyrazine earthy, roasted, green pea
2-methoxy-4-methylphenol smoky, clove, spicy, phenolic
2-methoxy-4-propylphenol allspice, anise, balsam, clove, fishy, pepper, phenol, phenolic, powdery, sharp, soapy, spicy, sweet
2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol clove, smoky, spicy, phenolic
2-methoxy-5-vinylphenol intense smoky
2-methoxybenzaldehyde acetophenone, almond, bitter, guaiacol, hawthorn, powdery, sweet, vanilla
2-methoxybenzenethiol meaty, smoky, sulfurous, sausage, phenolic
2-methoxycinnamaldehyde cassia, cinnamon, oily, paper, sweet, woody
2-methoxypyrazine cocoa, nutty, sweet
2-methoxystyrene ether, green, herbal, nutty
2-methyl butyric acid Nice fruity taste in dilution
2-methyl-1-propanethiol cooked, vegetable, mustard
2-methyl-1-propanol wine, solvent, bitter, malty
2-methyl-2-buten-1-ol green, oily
2-methyl-2-butenal green, pungent, fruity, nutty
2-methyl-2-pentenal Sweet, fruity, jammy brown, with an alliaceous sharpness
2-methyl-3-(2-furyl)propenal cinnamon, herbal, spice, woody
2-methyl-3-(methylthio)pyrazine roasted, meat, nutty, almond, vegetable
2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol earthy, herbal, oily
2-methyl-3-furanthiol meaty, sulfury, roasted
2-methyl-3-pentanol attractive to Aedes albopictus at all doses
2-methyl-4,5-dihydro-3(2h)-thiophenone sour-fruity, musty, green
2-methyl-5-(methylthio)furan coffee, garlic, horseradish, mustard, onion, sulfury
2-methyl-6-[(e)-1-propenyl]pyrazine roasted, steamed, sweet flavor
2-methyl-6-hepten-1-ol oily-green, herbaceous-citrusy
2-methylanisole warm, flower, walnut
2-methylbut-2-enal solvent, ethereal
2-methylbutanoate fruity, apple, sweet, green
2-methylbutanoic acid cheesy, sweaty, sour, fruity, pungent
2-methylbutanoic acid ethyl ester sweet, green, fruity
2-methylbutanol fusel, malty, alcoholic, fruity, wine
2-methylbutyl 2-methylbutyrate apple, berry, ester, fruity, green, sweet, waxy
2-methylbutyl 3-methylbutanoate soapy, herbal, fruity, earthy, cheese, apple, green
2-methylbutyl isovalerate apple, cheese, earthy, fruity, green, herbal, soapy
2-methylbutyraldehyde malty, chocolate, almond, nutty
2-methylbutyrate fruity, apple, sweet
2-methylene spicy, sweet, creamy, fatty
2-methylfuran ethereal, acetone, chocolate, malty
2-methylheptanoic acid butter, cheese, green, milk, sweaty, waxy
2-methylhexanoic acid cheesy, fatty, oily, fruity, sour
2-methylisoborneol musty, earthy, camphor
2-methylnaphthalene naphthalene, mothball, chemical
2-methylpentanal green, ethereal, fruity
2-methylpentane cooked, floral, green, waxy, fruity, apple, rose, fermented
2-methylpentanoic acid cheesy, sour, sweaty, pungent
2-methylpropanoate fruity, ethereal, sweet
2-methylpropanol wine, solvent, ethereal, fusel
2-methylpropyl 3-methylbutanoate sweet, fruity, apple, raspberry, green, banana
2-methylpropyl butanoate sweet, fruity, pineapple, rum, apple, berry
2-methylpyrazine nutty, roasted, chocolate, popcorn
2-methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one nutty, bready, buttery, sweet
2-methylundecanal aldehydic, amber, citrus, coumarinic, fresh, metallic, moss, tuberose, waxy
2-nonanol cucumber
2-nonanone fruity, floral, green, hot milk, soapy
2-nonenal fatty, green, cucumber, waxy, melon
2-nonenal, (z)- orris, fat, cucumber
2-nonenoic acid fatty oily
2-nonenol floral
2-nonone fruity
2-octane fruity
2-octanol mushroom, fat
2-octanone fruity, cheesy, mushroom, green

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