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Blue cheese
Meat, fish & cheese· 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
- Asian pearboth carry acetone, fruitycite
- Dateboth carry acetone, fruitycite
- Figboth carry acetone, fruitycite
Salt and acid
Salt
Salt not measured yet.
Acid
Acid not measured yet.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Blue cheese + Banana
both carry isoamyl butyrate (6 of 338 carry it)
- Blue cheese + Coconut
both carry acetone, fruity (32 of 338 carry it)
- Blue cheese + Hibiscus
both carry isoamyl butyrate (6 of 338 carry it)
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 character — Torri 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 model — Torri 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 model — Torri 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 model — Torri 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 study — Torri 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 model — Torri 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 cheese — Torri 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 character — Torri 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 cheese — Torri 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 models — Torri 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 cheese — Torri 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 cheese — Torri 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 cheese — Torri 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 cheese — Torri 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 signature — Torri 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 model — Torri et al. 2021, Foods (Section 3.5, overall-liking OPLS regression model)
Sources
- Torri et al. 2021, Foods