Bergamot orange

Citrus· citrus

What it is

Bergamot orange is a citrus fruit, Citrus bergamia, grown mainly in Calabria, Italy, and pressed for its peel oil, most famously used in Earl Grey tea.

What it tastes like

On the nose: bergamot-lavender, rose, citrus, spicy. Among its measured molecules: beta-fenchol, linalyl acetate, neryl acetate, nerol, beta-ocimene.

What goes with it

Lavenderboth carry linalyl acetate, bergamot-lavendercite
Lycheeboth carry nerol, rosecite
Green cardamomboth carry linalyl acetate, bergamot-lavendercite

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

Salt and acid

Salt

Salt not measured yet.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

Unusual pairings

Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.

Bergamot orange + Lavender
both carry linalyl acetate, bergamot-lavender (29 of 338 carry it)
Bergamot orange + Lemon
both carry geranyl acetate, lavender (46 of 338 carry it)
Bergamot orange + London dry gin
both carry geranyl acetate, lavender (46 of 338 carry it)

Every one of its 15 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
46.34 ± 0.02%, the most abundant compound in the oil — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4 (Composition (%), retention time (R.T.) and volatile compounds in the C. bergamia peel EO), row 'Linalool')
alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as odor of turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 71 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.57 ± 0.02% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'α-Pinene')
γ‑terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 44 of 338 ingredients.cite
4.11 ± 0.06% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'γ-Terpinene')
linalyl acetatearomaterpenoidreads as bergamot-lavender odor (PubChem)Measured in 12 of 338 ingredients.cite
17.69 ± 0.06% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Linalyl acetate')
terpinolenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene taste (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.39 ± 0.06% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Terpinolene')
beta-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene odor (PubChem)Measured in 55 of 338 ingredients.cite
2.51 ± 0.03% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'β-Pinene')
sabinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 32 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.45 ± 0.05% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Sabinene')
limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
17.06 ± 0.06% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Limonene')
myrcenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant (PubChem)Measured in 68 of 338 ingredients.cite
1.18 ± 0.07% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Myrcene')
neralaromaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.56 ± 0.03% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Z-citral')
nerolaromaalcoholreads as sweet rose (PubChem)Measured in 13 of 338 ingredients.cite
1.23 ± 0.01% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Nerol')
neryl acetatearomaterpenoidMeasured in 12 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.95 ± 0.05% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Neryl acetate')
geranyl acetatearomaterpenoidreads as odor of lavender (PubChem)Measured in 24 of 338 ingredients.cite
1.13 ± 0.04% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Geranyl acetate')
beta-ocimenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 13 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.54 ± 0.05% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'E-β-Ocimene')
beta-fencholaromaterpenoidMeasured in 2 of 338 ingredients.cite
2.41 ± 0.02% — Cebi et al. 2023, Foods (Table 4, row 'Exo-fenchol')

Sources

Cebi et al. 2023, Foods

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