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Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon is a fish with 32 known flavor compounds. The most distinctive molecule is trimethylamine. It pairs most strongly with pecans, sharing 5 flavor compounds. Atlantic Salmon appears in 2 recipes.

Scientific name: Salmo salar
species of fish
Wikidata Q188879 (CC0)
Atlantic Salmon — ingredient reference image
32
Flavor Compounds
8
Top Pairings of 856 scored

Flavor Science

Flavor Profile Breakdown

32 compounds

How Atlantic Salmon's 32 known compounds break down by aroma category. Percentages are of compounds with a known label.

other 15 · 46.9%
sour 8 · 25.0%
floral 4 · 12.5%
roasted 1 · 3.1%
dairy 1 · 3.1%
chemical 1 · 3.1%
savory 1 · 3.1%

Flavor Compounds

Thin profile. Only 1 of 32 compounds here are specific to atlantic salmon; the rest are carried by most foods. Results are weakly supported.

Ordered by measured impact in atlantic salmon — concentration against odour threshold where both are published, then by how distinctive the molecule is across the graph. Molecules measured here but not established as odorants sit below those that are.

Molecules volatile enough to reach the nose.
trimethylamine acetic acid acetoin 3-methyl-1-butanol pentadecanoic acid heptanoic acid dodecanoic acid decanoic acid octanoic acid ethanol l-isoleucine pantothenic acid folic acid l-leucine cholesterol l-cystine l-threonine l-tyrosine l-histidine retinol 4-hydroxyproline choline l-methionine nicotinic acid betaine thiamine l-glutamic acid l-lysine l-aspartic acid l-proline l-alanine pyridoxine

Best Pairings for Atlantic Salmon

Ranked by how often cooks actually use them together, across 453,403 recipes — the familiar answer first. Each pairing still carries its molecular score and shared-compound count; only the ORDER differs. Counts cover every characterised molecule the two ingredients have in common, not only the aroma-active ones, so they can exceed an ingredient’s aroma-compound count. For the chemistry-first view — where the surprising pairings live — see the molecular network below, the side-by-side comparison, or the Pairing Tool.

Molecular Neighborhood

Atlantic Salmon and its 10 closest compound-sharing relatives. Spoke thickness = shared compounds; circle size = that ingredient's own compound count. Drag to rearrange, scroll to zoom, click to open.

Molecular neighborhood diagram of atlantic salmon — top 10 ingredients ranked by shared volatile compounds
1
Pecans nut
5 shared compounds
15%
2
Basil herb
30 shared compounds
13%
3
Honey plant derivative
30 shared compounds
11%
4
Peas legume
6 shared compounds
13%
5
Mustard spice
29 shared compounds
16%
6
Rice cereal
30 shared compounds
17%
7
Carrot vegetable root
31 shared compounds
15%
8
Garlic herb
30 shared compounds
17%

Compare Atlantic Salmon side-by-side

Atlantic Salmon vs Pecans Atlantic Salmon vs Basil Atlantic Salmon vs Honey Atlantic Salmon vs Peas Atlantic Salmon vs Mustard Atlantic Salmon vs Rice

Recipes with Atlantic Salmon

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Salmon with Rice and Sauce

Salmon with Rice and Sauce

atlantic salmon rice water +3
6 ingr. View →
Pecan-Crusted Honey Mustard Salmon

Pecan-Crusted Honey Mustard Salmon

mustard butter honey +8
11 ingr. View →
Research basis

Atlantic Salmon is supported by 218 peer-reviewed papers

Drawn from PubMed + Europe PMC + food-science journals. Click any title to read the full abstract on the original source.
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