Cherry
Fruit & berry· stone fruit

What it is
Cherry is the stone fruit of Prunus avium and related species, cultivated across temperate regions.
What it tastes like
On the nose: bergamot-lavender, camphor, citrus, pine. Among its measured molecules: cis-geranylacetone, bornyl acetate, linalyl acetate, nerolidol, trans-2-hexenol.
What goes with it
- Sweet cherryboth carry nerolidol, fruitycite
- Gingerboth carry nerolidol, fruitycite
- Shisoboth carry nerolidol, fruitycite
Salt and acid
Salt
Sodium 0 mg per 100 g — USDA FoodData Central 171719.
Acid
Acid 0.7624 % (g/100 g) — USDA FoodData Central 171719.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Cherry + Ginger
both carry nerolidol, fruity (20 of 338 carry it)
- Cherry + Stout
both carry decanal, citrus (57 of 338 carry it)
- Cherry + Juniper berry
both carry terpinen-4-ol, pine (75 of 338 carry it)
Every one of its 15 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.
benzaldehydearomaaldehydereads as burning aromatic taste (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 338 ingredients.cite
7.5% of 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' and 1.5% of 'Graffione' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 5, printed 'Benzaldheyde'; Abstract, spelled benzaldehyde)1,8-cineolearomaterpenoidreads as camphor-like odor (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 338 ingredients.cite
6.9% of the 'Graffione' volatiles; present only in trace (below 0.1%) in 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 7 '1,8-Cineole')hexanalaromaaldehydereads as sharp, aldehyde odor (PubChem)Measured in 85 of 338 ingredients.cite
16.4% of 'Graffione' and 3.8% of 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 1 'Hexanal'; Abstract)linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
24.7% of the 'Graffione' volatiles — its largest constituent — against 1.3% in 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 8 'Linalool'; Abstract)decanalaromaaldehydereads as citrus odor (PubChem)Measured in 36 of 338 ingredients.cite
22.1% of 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' and 11.7% of 'Graffione' — the only compound above 10% in both cultivars — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 11 'Decanal'; Abstract)linalyl acetatearomaterpenoidreads as bergamot-lavender odor (PubChem)Measured in 12 of 338 ingredients.cite
12.4% of the 'Graffione' volatiles and not detected in 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 13 'Linalyl acetate')terpinen-4-olaromaalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)Measured in 41 of 338 ingredients.cite
3.4% of 'Graffione' and 1.9% of 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 10 'Terpinen-4-ol')alpha-terpineolaromaalcoholreads as floral, lilac (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 338 ingredients.cite
3.6% of the 'Graffione' volatiles and not detected in 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 12 'α-Terpineol')limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
2.4% of 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' and 2.3% of 'Graffione' — the only compound in the table with no significant difference between the two cultivars — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 6 'Limonene')nonanalaromaaldehydereads as orange-rose odor (PubChem)Measured in 59 of 338 ingredients.cite
8.9% of 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' and 3.1% of 'Graffione' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 9 'Nonanal'; Abstract)bornyl acetatearomaterpenoidMeasured in 10 of 338 ingredients.cite
2.0% of the 'Graffione' volatiles and not detected in 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 14 'L-Bornyl acetate')cis-geranylacetonearomaterpenoidMeasured in 4 of 338 ingredients.cite
6.3% of 'Ravenna a gambo lungo'; present only in trace in 'Graffione'. The paper's abstract reports the same 6.3% under the name 'cis-geranyl acetate' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 15 'Cis-geranylacetone')2-HexenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 31 of 338 ingredients.cite
9.0% of 'Graffione' and 2.5% of 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 2 'Trans-2-hexenal')nerolidolaromaalcoholMeasured in 14 of 338 ingredients.cite
1.9% of 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' and not detected in 'Graffione'; the only sesquiterpenoid in the table — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4, row 16 'Nerolidol')trans-2-hexenolaromaalcoholMeasured in 17 of 338 ingredients.cite
38.9% of the 'Ravenna a gambo lungo' volatiles — the single largest constituent measured in either cultivar — against 2.5% in 'Graffione' — Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science (Table 4 (Volatile content of cherries, as determined by HS-SPME/GC-MS), row 3 'Trans-2-hexenol'; Abstract)
Sources
- Frangipane et al. 2026, International Journal of Food Science