Blackberry
Fruit & berry· berry

What it is
Blackberry is the aggregate fruit of bramble shrubs in the genus Rubus.
What it tastes like
On the nose: grassy-green, camphor, pine, fatty. Among its measured molecules: hexyl butyrate, 2-heptanol, trans-2-hexenol, camphene, cis-3-hexen-1-ol.
What goes with it
- Black teaboth carry 2-heptanone, pearcite
- Pomegranateboth carry cis-3-hexen-1-ol, grassy-greencite
- Pistachioboth carry cis-3-hexen-1-ol, grassy-greencite
Salt and acid
Salt
Sodium 1 mg per 100 g — USDA FoodData Central 173946.
Acid
Acid not measured yet.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Blackberry + Black tea
both carry 2-heptanone, pear (35 of 338 carry it)
- Blackberry + Raspberry
both carry 2-heptanone, pear (35 of 338 carry it)
- Blackberry + Apple
both carry 1-hexanol, fatty fruity (75 of 338 carry it)
15 of 68 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.
hexanalaromaaldehydereads as sharp, aldehyde odor (PubChem)Measured in 85 of 338 ingredients.cite
a discriminating volatile between blackberry cultivars — Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods (Table 2, SpectConnect—relative abundance platform, Loch Ness/Ouachita comparison, row 'Hexanal')linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
a discriminating volatile between blackberry cultivars — Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods (Table 2, XCMS platform, Loch Ness/Columbia Star comparison, row 'Linalol')camphenearomaterpenoidreads as camphor-like (PubChem)Measured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
a discriminating volatile between blackberry cultivars — Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods (Table 2, XCMS platform, Loch Ness/Columbia Star, Loch Ness/Prime-Ark 45 and Loch Ness/Nachez comparisons, row 'Camphene')alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as odor of turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 71 of 338 ingredients.cite
log peak area 7.41; 4.35 × 10⁻⁵ µL per berry — Dewitte et al. 2021, Insects (Table 1, row 'alpha-Pinene')p-cymenearomaterpenoidreads as mild pleasant odor (PubChem)Measured in 42 of 338 ingredients.cite
log peak area 7.26; 3.60 × 10⁻⁵ µL per berry — Dewitte et al. 2021, Insects (Table 1, row 'para-Cymene')2-heptanonearomaketonereads as pear-like flavor (PubChem)Measured in 22 of 338 ingredients.cite
one of the most consistently discriminating volatiles between blackberry cultivars — Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods (Table 2, XCMS and SpectConnect platforms, four of the five cultivar comparisons, row '2-Heptanone')1-hexanolaromaalcoholreads as fatty, fruity (PubChem)Measured in 48 of 338 ingredients.cite
a discriminating volatile between blackberry cultivars, recurring across platforms — Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods (Table 2, XCMS and SpectConnect platforms, Loch Ness/Prime-Ark 45 and Loch Ness/Von comparisons, row '1-Hexanol')2-heptanolaromaalcoholMeasured in 6 of 338 ingredients.cite
a discriminating volatile between blackberry cultivars on the HS-SPME/GC-MS platform — Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods (Table 2 (variables with VIP-predictive value > 1.3), SpectConnect—relative abundance platform, Loch Ness/Von and Loch Ness/Nachez comparisons, row '2-Heptanol')terpinen-4-olaromaalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)Measured in 41 of 338 ingredients.cite
log peak area 7.69; 1.84 × 10⁻² µL per berry — one of the two largest per-berry volumes in the table, alongside myrtenol at 2.03 × 10⁻² — Dewitte et al. 2021, Insects (Table 1, row 'Terpinen-4-ol')terpinolenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene taste (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 338 ingredients.cite
a discriminating volatile between blackberry cultivars — Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods (Table 2, XCMS platform, Loch Ness/Columbia Star comparison, row 'Terpinolene')hexyl butyratearomaesterMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
log peak area 7.10; 2.37 × 10⁻³ µL per berry. Flagged by the paper's asterisk as showing no clear reduction over fifteen extractions — Dewitte et al. 2021, Insects (Table 1, row 'Hexyl butanoate')limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
one of the most consistently discriminating volatiles between blackberry cultivars — Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods (Table 2, XCMS platform, four of the five cultivar comparisons, row 'Limonene')cis-3-hexen-1-olaromaalcoholreads as powerful grassy-green odor (PubChem)Measured in 21 of 338 ingredients.cite
OAV 0.59 to 1.85 in unripe fruit against a 70 µg/kg threshold, no longer detected at ripeness in any line — Nunnally-Martínez et al. 2026, Plants (Table 2, column '(Z)-3-Hexen-1-ol', rows for Rubus sp. lines RM-167, RM-215 and RM-276)2-HexenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 31 of 338 ingredients.cite
a discriminating volatile between blackberry cultivars on every platform tested — Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods (Table 2, XCMS and SpectConnect platforms, four of the five cultivar comparisons, row '(E)-2-Hexenal')trans-2-hexenolaromaalcoholMeasured in 17 of 338 ingredients.cite
OAV 0.46 to 1.70 at ripeness against a 100 µg/kg threshold, rising through ripening in every line — Nunnally-Martínez et al. 2026, Plants (Table 2, column '(E)-2-Hexen-1-ol', rows 'Ripe' for Rubus sp. lines RM-167, RM-215 and RM-276)
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.
- Rubitic acidterpenoid
- cycloeucalenolalcohol
- (1S,3R,6S,8S,11S,12S,15R,16R)-15-[(2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-12,16-dimethylpentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-6-olterpenoid
- Rubanthrone A
- Rubanthrone C
- oleanolic acidacid
- 1(beta)-O-Galloylpedunculaginphenol
- 24-Methylene pollinastanolterpenoid
- cyanidin cationflavonoid
- (3S,8S,9S,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-olterpenoid
- Sanguiin H-6phenol
- WZQCGDLPTFKQNG-NUGBSMSRSA-Nphenol
- Urs-12-en-28-oic acid, 7-hydroxy-3-oxo-, (7alpha)-terpenoid
- (1S,4R,4aS,6aS,6aR,6bR,8aS,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-hydroxy-1,6a,6b,9,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-hexadecahydropicene-4-carboxylic acidterpenoid
- (1S,4R,4aS,6aS,6aR,6bR,8aR,11S,12aS,14bS)-11-hydroxy-1,6a,6b,9,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-hexadecahydropicene-4-carboxylic acidterpenoid
- (3R,8R,9R,10S,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-olterpenoid
- (3S,4aS,6aS,6bS,8aR,11S,12R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,14b-octamethyl-2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-olterpenoid
- 2-[(9S)-1,2,3,4,6,7,8-heptahydroxy-10-oxo-9H-anthracen-9-yl]acetic acid
- (3S,8S,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-[(E,2S,5S)-5-ethyl-6-methylhept-3-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-olterpenoid
- Chlorogenic acidphenol
- kaempferol 3-O-beta-D-xylosideflavonoid
- a-Methylglucosesugar
- 2,3,19-trihydroxyurs-12-ene-23,28-dioic acidterpenoid
- gallic acidacid
- fecosterolalcohol
- pedunculaginphenol
- Tellimagrandin Iphenol
- ferulic acidacid
- euscaphic acidacid
- 19alpha-hydroxyasiatic acidacid
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-oneflavonoid
- quercituroneacid
- quercetinflavonoid
- quercitrinflavonoid
- luteolin-7-O-β-glucuronideflavonoid
- neochlorogenic acidacid
- kaempferolflavonoid
- isofucosterolalcohol
- Astragalinflavonoid
- Trifolinflavonoid
- 24-methylidenelophenolalcohol
- tilirosideflavonoid
- methyl 2-(1,2,3,4,6,7,8-heptahydroxy-10-oxo-9H-anthracen-9-yl)acetate
- vitamin Cacidreads as pleasant, sharp, acidic taste (PubChem)
- Methyl (1,2,3,6,7,8-hexahydroxy-10-oxo-9,10-dihydroanthracen-9-yl)acetate
- p-coumaric acidacid
- ursolic acidacid
- corosolic acidterpenoid
- β-amyrinalcohol
- α-amyrinalcohol
- tormentic acidterpenoid
- 24-methylenecholesterolalcohol
- (3R,5R)-4-{[(2E)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy}-1,3,5-trihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acidacid
Sources
- Ljujić et al. 2024, Foods
- Dewitte et al. 2021, Insects
- Nunnally-Martínez et al. 2026, Plants