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Babaco

Babaco is a fruit with 11 known flavor compounds. The most distinctive molecule is ethyl acetoacetate. It pairs most strongly with passionfruit, sharing 5 flavor compounds.

Scientific name: Carica ×heilbornii var. pentagona
nothospecies of plant, Babaco
Wikidata Q797560 (CC0)
Babaco — ingredient reference image
11
Flavor Compounds
8
Top Pairings of 856 scored

Flavor Science

Flavor Profile Breakdown

11 compounds

How Babaco's 11 known compounds break down by aroma category. Percentages are of compounds with a known label.

fruity 6 · 54.5%
green 1 · 9.1%

Flavor Compounds

9 of 11 are distinctive to babaco — they appear in under 10% of foods. The remainder are the background most foods share.

Ordered by measured impact in babaco — 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.
ethyl oleate hexyl 2-methylbutanoate methyl anthranilate methyl dodecanoate methyl hexanoate heptanal ethyl acetoacetate geranyl butyrate geranyl caproate cis-3-hexenyl hexanoate isoamyl laurate

Best Pairings for Babaco

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

Babaco 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 babaco — top 10 ingredients ranked by shared volatile compounds
1
Passionfruit fruit
5 shared compounds
40%
2
Strawberry berry
6 shared compounds
39%
3
White Wine beverage alcoholic
4 shared compounds
37%
4
Wine beverage alcoholic
4 shared compounds
32%
5
Cocoa seed
4 shared compounds
22%
6
Breakfast Cereal cereal
4 shared compounds
17%
7
Tea plant
4 shared compounds
2%
8
Veal meat
4 shared compounds
-1%

Compare Babaco side-by-side

Babaco vs Passionfruit Babaco vs Strawberry Babaco vs White Wine Babaco vs Wine Babaco vs Cocoa Babaco vs Breakfast Cereal
Research basis

Babaco is supported by 31 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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