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Blue cheese

Meat, fish & cheese· cheese

Blue cheese

What it is

Blue cheese is cheese inoculated with Penicillium mould strains that grow through the paste, forming blue-green veins.

What it tastes like

On the nose: fruity. Among its measured molecules: dimethyl sulfone, 4-methyl-2-pentanol, 2-nonanol, (Z)-3-hexenyl butanoate, 2-hexanol.

What goes with it

146 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.

Every one of its 16 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

  • acetonearomaketonereads as fruity odor (PubChem)Measured in 17 of 338 ingredients.cite
    a significant NEGATIVE contributor to the 'soapy' flavour model -- more acetone is associated with LESS soapy characterTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, 'soapy' flavour OPLS regression model)
  • methanethiolaromasulfur compoundMeasured in 10 of 338 ingredients.cite
    a significant POSITIVE contributor to the 'ammonia' flavour modelTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, 'ammonia' flavour OPLS regression model)
  • capric acidaromaacidMeasured in 10 of 338 ingredients.cite
    one of the major POSITIVE contributors to the overall-liking modelTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, overall-liking OPLS regression model)
  • phenylethyl alcoholaromaalcoholreads as sharp burning taste (PubChem)Measured in 41 of 338 ingredients.cite
    one of the major POSITIVE contributors to the overall-liking modelTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, overall-liking OPLS regression model)
  • dimethyl sulfonearomasulfur compoundMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    a significant POSITIVE contributor to the 'ammonia' flavour model, a driver of disliking in this studyTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, 'ammonia' flavour OPLS regression model)
  • 1-pentanolaromaalcoholreads as mild odor (PubChem)Measured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
    a significant POSITIVE contributor to the 'soapy' flavour modelTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, 'soapy' flavour OPLS regression model)
  • 2-butanolaromaalcoholreads as sweet (PubChem)Measured in 4 of 338 ingredients.cite
    one of the secondary alcohols from beta-oxidation of free fatty acids that are more abundant in piquant than sweet Gorgonzola PDO cheeseTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.4, prose describing the PCA loading plot (Figure 3b))
  • isoamyl butyratearomaesterMeasured in 4 of 338 ingredients.cite
    a significant NEGATIVE contributor to the 'soapy' flavour model -- more of this compound is associated with LESS soapy characterTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, 'soapy' flavour OPLS regression model)
  • methyl hexanoatearomaesterMeasured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
    more abundant in piquant than sweet Gorgonzola PDO cheeseTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.4, prose describing the PCA loading plot (Figure 3b))
  • 4-methyl-2-pentanolaromaalcoholreads as mild odor (PubChem)Measured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    a significant POSITIVE contributor to both the 'soapy' and the 'ammonia' flavour-attribute modelsTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, 'soapy' and 'ammonia' OPLS regression models)
  • 2-heptanolaromaalcoholMeasured in 6 of 338 ingredients.cite
    more abundant in piquant than sweet Gorgonzola PDO cheeseTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.4, prose describing the PCA loading plot (Figure 3b))
  • 2-hexanolaromaalcoholMeasured in 2 of 338 ingredients.cite
    more abundant in piquant than sweet Gorgonzola PDO cheeseTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.4, prose describing the PCA loading plot (Figure 3b))
  • 2-nonanolaromaalcoholMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    more abundant in piquant than sweet Gorgonzola PDO cheeseTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.4, prose describing the PCA loading plot (Figure 3b))
  • 2-octanolaromaalcoholMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
    more abundant in piquant than sweet Gorgonzola PDO cheeseTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.4, prose describing the PCA loading plot (Figure 3b))
  • ethyl hexanoatearomaesterMeasured in 36 of 338 ingredients.cite
    one of the major POSITIVE contributors to the overall-liking model -- an ester, not a member of the soapy/ammonia disliking signatureTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, overall-liking OPLS regression model)
  • (Z)-3-hexenyl butanoatearomaesterMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    one of the major POSITIVE contributors to the overall-liking modelTorri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, overall-liking OPLS regression model)

Sources

  • Torri et al. 2021, Foods