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Freshwater Eel

Freshwater Eel is a fish with 47 known flavor compounds. The most distinctive molecule is 1-octanal. It pairs most strongly with yellowfin tuna, sharing 32 flavor compounds.

Freshwater Eel — ingredient reference image
47
Flavor Compounds
8
Top Pairings of 856 scored

Flavor Science

Flavor Profile Breakdown

47 compounds

How Freshwater Eel's 47 known compounds break down by aroma category. Percentages are of compounds with a known label.

other 15 · 31.9%
green 6 · 12.8%
sour 6 · 12.8%
floral 5 · 10.6%
woody 2 · 4.3%
sulfurous 2 · 4.3%
herbal 2 · 4.3%
caramel 1 · 2.1%
dairy 1 · 2.1%
roasted 1 · 2.1%

Flavor Compounds

11 of 47 are distinctive to freshwater eel — they appear in under 10% of foods. The remainder are the background most foods share.

Ordered by measured impact in freshwater eel — 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.
1-octanal 2,6-nonadienal 1-nonanal heptane methyl propyl disulfide 2-ethylfuran 2,3-pentanedione octane camphene dimethyl trisulfide 2,3-dimethylpyrazine 1-octen-3-ol 1-heptanol nonanal limonene 1-octanol octanal hexanal benzaldehyde hexanoic 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 2,3-octanedione caffeine retinol choline l-methionine theobromine nicotinic acid thiamine l-glutamic acid l-lysine l-aspartic acid l-proline l-alanine pyridoxine

Best Pairings for Freshwater Eel

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

Freshwater Eel 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 freshwater eel — top 10 ingredients ranked by shared volatile compounds
1
Yellowfin Tuna fish
32 shared compounds
Novel
51%
2
Roe fish
31 shared compounds
Novel
50%
3
Phyllo Dough bakery
27 shared compounds
Novel
37%
4
Evaporated Milk dairy
27 shared compounds
Novel
35%
5
Tapioca Pearl vegetable tuber
27 shared compounds
Novel
35%
6
Condensed Milk dairy
27 shared compounds
Novel
35%
7
French Toast bakery
27 shared compounds
Novel
33%
8
Morchella fungus
30 shared compounds
33%

Compare Freshwater Eel side-by-side

Freshwater Eel vs Yellowfin Tuna Freshwater Eel vs Roe Freshwater Eel vs Phyllo Dough Freshwater Eel vs Evaporated Milk Freshwater Eel vs Tapioca Pearl Freshwater Eel vs Condensed Milk
Research basis

Freshwater Eel is supported by 220 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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