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Cinnamon
Spice & roots· spice
What it is
Cinnamon is the dried inner bark of Cinnamomum trees, most often Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum cassia.
What it tastes like
On the nose: cloves, floral, spicy. Among its measured molecules: 2'-Methoxycinnamaldehyde, (Z)-3-Phenyl-2-propenal, benzyl benzoate, Cinnamyl acetate, Cinnamaldehyde.
What goes with it
- Parsleyboth carry β-phellandrenecite
- Angelica rootboth carry β-phellandrenecite
- Aromatic bittersboth carry β-phellandrenecite
Salt and acid
Salt
0 mgAsian pear10 mgCinnamon100 mgFennel seed1,000 mgOlive10,000 mgFish sauce
Sodium 10 mg per 100 g — USDA FoodData Central 171320.
Acid
Acid not measured yet.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Cinnamon + Aromatic bitters
both carry eugenol, cloves (55 of 338 carry it)
- Cinnamon + Sour cherry
both carry eugenol, cloves (55 of 338 carry it)
- Cinnamon + Cassia cinnamon
both carry Cinnamaldehyde (15 of 338 carry it)
15 of 184 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.
benzyl benzoatearomaesterreads as sharp burning taste (PubChem)Measured in 2 of 338 ingredients.cite
1.1 ± 0.04% of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'benzyl benzoate', column 'Cinnamon')eugenolaromaphenolreads as odor of cloves (PubChem)Measured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
5.2 ± 0.43% of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'eugenol', column 'Cinnamon')linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
1.4 ± 0.22% of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'linalool', column 'Cinnamon')α-phellandrenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 29 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.3 ± 0.06% of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'α-phellandrene', column 'Cinnamon')p-cymenearomaterpenoidreads as mild pleasant odor (PubChem)Measured in 42 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.7 ± 0.12% of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'p-cymene', column 'Cinnamon')β-phellandrenearomaterpenoidreads as burning taste (PubChem)Measured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.9 ± 0.15% of the cinnamon oil; absent from the nutmeg and clove columns — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'β-phellandrene', column 'Cinnamon')2'-MethoxycinnamaldehydearomaacidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.4 ± 0.14% of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row '(E)-o-methoxycinnamaldehyde', column 'Cinnamon')alpha-terpineolaromaalcoholreads as floral, lilac (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.3 ± 0.04% of the cinnamon oil; not detected in the nutmeg or clove columns — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'α-terpineol', column 'Cinnamon')Cinnamaldehydearomaaldehydereads as sweet taste (PubChem)Measured in 4 of 338 ingredients.cite
78.5 ± 1.58% relative abundance — by far the largest single constituent of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1 (Complete chemical composition of EOs obtained from Myristica fragrans (nutmeg), Cinnamomum verum (cinnamon), and Syzygium aromaticum (clove)), row '(E)-cinnamaldehyde', column 'Cinnamon')β-caryophyllene oxidearomaetherMeasured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.5 ± 0.12% of the cinnamon oil; the only oxygenated sesquiterpene reported in that column — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'caryophyllene oxide', column 'Cinnamon')caryophyllenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 50 of 338 ingredients.cite
4.3 ± 0.97% of the cinnamon oil; the most abundant sesquiterpene hydrocarbon in that column — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'β-caryophyllene', column 'Cinnamon')humulenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 26 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.8 ± 0.18% of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'α-humulene', column 'Cinnamon')Cinnamyl acetatearomaesterMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
3.8 ± 0.05% of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row '(E)-cinnamyl acetate', column 'Cinnamon')(Z)-3-Phenyl-2-propenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.3 ± 0.01% of the cinnamon oil — the cis isomer, reported separately from the 78.5% (E) isomer — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row '(Z)-cinnamaldehyde', column 'Cinnamon')α-copaenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.6 ± 0.13% of the cinnamon oil — Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules (Table 1, row 'α-copaene', column 'Cinnamon')
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.
- 1-Phenylpropyl acetateester
- alpha-ylangeneterpenoid
- 1.Xi.,6.xi.,7.xi.-cadina-4,9-dieneterpenoid
- ledolterpenoid
- delta-cadineneterpenoid
- 1,6-dimethyl-4-isopropyltetralinterpenoid
- cadaleneterpenoid
- carvacrolphenolreads as thymol odor (PubChem)
- alpha-cadinolalcohol
- 2-[(1E)-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl]phenyl benzoate
- 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl-1-O-β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosidesugar
- Urolignoside
- syringic acidphenol
- Proanthocyanidinsflavonoid
- terpinen-4-olalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)
- procyanidin B1flavonoid
- 3'-methylepicatechinflavonoid
- terpinoleneterpenoidreads as terpene taste (PubChem)
- vanillinphenolreads as sweetish smell (PubChem)
- (1R,5R,6S,9S,10R,11R,15R)-9,10,11,15-tetrahydroxy-13-[(2S)-1-hydroxypropan-2-yl]-1,6,12-trimethyl-4-oxatetracyclo[7.6.0.05,10.011,15]pentadec-12-en-3-oneterpenoid
- Catechin (no stereochemistry defined)flavonoid
- 1-(2-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-prop-2-enylphenyl)ethanoneacid
- Procyanidin B2flavonoid
- heptadecaneacidreads as fuel-like (PubChem)
- procyanidin B5flavonoid
- proanthocyanidin A2flavonoid
- 4-hydroxybenzaldehydephenol
- (2S,3R)-2-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-5,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-olflavonoid
- palmitic acidacidreads as slight characteristic taste (PubChem)
- 2-ethenyl-phenolacid
- stearic acidacidreads as taste suggesting tallow (PubChem)
- Procyanidin B7flavonoid
- caryophylene oxideterpenoid
- fenchoneterpenoid
- (-)-procyanidin B4flavonoid
- beta-pineneterpenoidreads as terpene odor (PubChem)
- gamma-Cadineneterpenoid
- geranyl acetateterpenoidreads as odor of lavender (PubChem)
- (2E,6Z)-farnesolalcohol
- d-camphorterpenoid
- Cinnamtannin A3flavonoid
- cinnamtannin A2flavonoid
- cinnamtannin b2flavonoid
- (1R,5R,6S,9S,10R,11R,15R)-9,10,11,15-tetrahydroxy-1,6,12-trimethyl-13-[(2S)-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypropan-2-yl]-4-oxatetracyclo[7.6.0.05,10.011,15]pentadec-12-en-3-oneterpenoid
- (2R,3R,4S)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5R)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3,5-trihydroxypentanalsugar
- (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(2R,3S,4S)-6-hydroxy-4-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-yl]methoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol
- (1R,5R,6R,7S,13S,15R,20S,21R)-5,13-bis(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-7-[(2R,3R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-8-yl]-4,12,14-trioxapentacyclo[11.7.1.02,11.03,8.015,20]henicosa-2(11),3(8),9,16,18-pentaene-6,9,17,19,21-pentolflavonoid
- (2R,3S,4S)-2,4,5-trihydroxy-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxypentanalsugar
- (2R,3R,4S)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3,5-trihydroxypentanalsugar
- 6H-2,7:3,11a-Dimethano-1-benzoxonin-6,12-dione, 2,3,7,7a,8,9,10,11-octahydro-2,7a,11-trihydroxy-3,7,10-trimethyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-, (2S,3S,7S,7aS,10S,11R,11aR)-terpenoid
- [(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl] (E)-3-phenylprop-2-enoateacid
- procyanidin C1flavonoid
- sabineneterpenoid
- phenol
- (+)-beta-caryophylleneterpenoid
- Epicatechin 5,3'-dimethyl etherflavonoid
- (2R,3R)-2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-5,7-dihydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-3-yl beta-D-glucopyranosideflavonoid
- 2alpha-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-3alpha,5,7-trihydroxy-6-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyranflavonoid
- 2alpha-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-8-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-3alpha,5,7-triolflavonoid
- Catechin 7,4'-dimethyl etherflavonoid
- Catechin 5,7,4'-trimethyl etherflavonoid
- 8-Glucopyranosylprocyanidin B2flavonoid
- (2R,3R,4R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-4-[(2R,3R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-8-yl]-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triolflavonoid
- limoneneterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)
- benzaldehydealdehydereads as burning aromatic taste (PubChem)
- benzyl alcoholalcoholreads as faint aromatic odor (PubChem)
- alpha-Humulenterpenoid
- mustakoneterpenoid
- camphorterpenoidreads as pungent aromatic taste (PubChem)
- (1R)-3,4-Dihydroxy-11,11-dimethyl-5-propan-2-yl-16-oxatetracyclo[6.6.2.01,10.02,7]hexadeca-2,4,6-trien-15-oneterpenoid
- 3-careneterpenoid
- Bicyclo[7.2.0]undec-4-ene, 4,11,11-trimethyl-8-methylene-, (1S,4E,9R)-terpenoid
- 3-phenylprop-2-enalacid
- 3-phenyl-2-propen-1-olacid
- myrceneterpenoidreads as pleasant (PubChem)
- nonanalaldehydereads as orange-rose odor (PubChem)
- tetradecanalaldehyde
- 4-coumaric acidacid
- coumarincoumarinreads as burning taste (PubChem)
- cuminaldehydealdehyde
- (2E/Z,6E/Z)-farnesolterpenoid
- salicylic acidacid
- gallic acidacid
- 5-Hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxycyclohexyl)decan-3-one
- D-limoneneterpenoidreads as citrus odor (PubChem)
- delta-cadineneterpenoid
- Phenethyl 4-O-D-apio-beta-D-furanosyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside
- MQBGJIQDVYJCON-UCUIAHEVSA-N
- alpha-farneseneterpenoid
- beta-selineneterpenoid
- alpha-ylangeneterpenoid
- alpha-Terpineolealcohol
- (+)-syringaresinolphenol
- (+)-α-phellandreneterpenoid
- (E)-cinnamic acidacid
- (1R,2R,3S,6S,7R,9S,10S,11S,13R,14R)-11-isopropyl-3,7,10-trimethyl-15-oxapentacyclo[7.5.1.0¹,⁶.0⁷,¹³.0¹⁰,¹⁴]pentadecane-2,6,9,11,13,14-hexolterpenoid
- (2S,4R)-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-olterpenoid
- Methyl dihydromelilotoside
- 5H-7,4-Methenofuro(3,2-c)oxireno(f)oxacycloundecin-5-one,1a,2,3,7,11,11a-hexahydro-8,11a-dimethyl-, (1aS,7R,11aS)-terpenoid
- safrolereads as sassafras odor (PubChem)
- spathulenolterpenoid
- quercetinflavonoid
- quercitrinflavonoid
- rutinflavonoid
- kaempferolflavonoid
- beta-ocimeneterpenoid
- orientinflavonoid
- (R)-rosmarinic acidacid
- 3,4-Dihydrocadaleneterpenoid
- 1,4,4-trimethyltricyclo[5.3.1.0²,⁶]undecan-11-olterpenoid
- (1R,4S,4aR)-1,6-dimethyl-4-propan-2-yl-3,4,4a,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-olterpenoid
- (E)-cinnamyl alcoholalcoholreads as bitter taste (PubChem)
- germacrene Dterpenoid
- nictoflorinflavonoid
- cis-β-Ocimeneterpenoid
- Zeylanicinterpenoid
- phenylethyl alcoholalcoholreads as sharp burning taste (PubChem)
- methyl cinnamateester
- anetholetherreads as sweet taste (PubChem)
- geraniolalcoholreads as sweet rose odor (PubChem)
- Ethyl cinnamateester
- geranialterpenoidreads as strong lemon odor (PubChem)
- 2-methoxycinnamaldehydealdehyde
- (Z)-caryophylleneterpenoid
- trans-α-Bergamoteneterpenoid
- gamma-cadineneterpenoid
- nerolalcoholreads as sweet rose (PubChem)
- (2R,3R,4S)-2,3,5-trihydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxypentanalsugar
- bornyl acetateterpenoid
- Epicatechin 5,7,3'-trimethyl etherflavonoid
- carnosic acidphenol
- campheneterpenoidreads as camphor-like (PubChem)
- alpha-pineneterpenoidreads as odor of turpentine (PubChem)
- (+)-linaloolalcohol
- trans-caffeic acidphenol
- DL-piperitoneterpenoid
- thymolphenolreads as aromatic odor (PubChem)
- methyl eugenolacidreads as bitter, burning taste (PubChem)
- eugenol acetatephenol
- protocatechuic acidacid
- (−)-epicatechinphenol
- (-)-Rosmadialterpenoid
- isoeugenolacid
- furfuralfuranreads as almond-like odor (PubChem)
- γ‑terpineneterpenoid
- α-terpineneterpenoid
- methyl (E/Z)-cinnamateacid
- ethyl (E/Z)-cinnamateacid
- phenethyl acetateester
- Cinnamyl acetateacid
- Benzenepropanalaldehyde
- 1-hexanolalcoholreads as fatty, fruity (PubChem)
- (+)-α-pineneterpenoid
- linalyl acetateterpenoidreads as bergamot-lavender odor (PubChem)
- isoeugenolacidreads as spice-clove odor (PubChem)
- Cinnzeylanineterpenoid
- (2R,3S)-2-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-5,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-olflavonoid
- (-)-alpha-Cubebeneterpenoid
- 17-(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
- (E/Z)-cinnamic acidacid
- estragoleetherreads as sweet taste reminiscent of anise (differing from anethole) (PubChem)
- (+)-catechinflavonoid
- (S,1Z,6Z)-8-Isopropyl-1-methyl-5-methylenecyclodeca-1,6-dieneterpenoid
- (1aR,4R,4aR,7R,7aS,7bS)-1,1,4,7-Tetramethyldecahydro-1H-cyclopropa[e]azulen-4-olterpenoid
- (1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo[4.4.0.02,7]dec-3-eneterpenoid
- (-)-γ-cadineneterpenoid
- Epirosmanollactone
- phenolreads as sweet, tarry odor (PubChem)
- phenylacetaldehydealdehyde
Sources
- Parichanon et al. 2025, Molecules