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Bay leaf

Herbs & floral· herb

Bay leaf

What it is

Bay leaf is the dried leaf of Laurus nobilis, the bay laurel tree native to the Mediterranean.

What it tastes like

On the nose: pine, floral, citrus; the house adds eucalyptus ✳. Among its measured molecules: 1-ethyl-3,5-dimethylbenzene, cis-Piperitol, beta-Phellandren-8-ol, 2-methylidene-5-(prop-1-en-2-yl)cyclohexan-1-ol, Isoeugenyl methyl ether.

What goes with it

177 more go with it. See them all in the full library →

Salt and acid

Salt

0 mgAsian pear10 mgCinnamon100 mgFennel seed1,000 mgOlive10,000 mgFish sauce

Sodium 23 mg per 100 g — USDA FoodData Central 170917.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

Unusual pairings

Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.

44 of 45 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.

On file, no cited source yet ✳

These molecules are on record for it from the library's earlier sources. We are buying and requesting the papers; each one that lands moves its molecule up into the cited list.

Sources

  • Şeyda Kıvrak et al. 2017, International Journal of Secondary Metabolite