Cranberry
Fruit & berry· berry

What it is
Cranberry is the berry of Vaccinium macrocarpon, a low, trailing shrub native to North America.
What it tastes like
On the nose: acid; the house adds thyme ✳.
What goes with it
- Cherimoyaboth carry DL-malic acidcite
- Misoboth carry DL-malic acidcite
- Mangoboth carry isophorone, camphor ✳ paper pending
Salt and acid
Salt
Sodium 2 mg per 100 g — USDA FoodData Central 171722.
Acid
Acid 1.9196 % (g/100 g) — USDA FoodData Central 171722.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Cranberry + Pomegranate
both carry 1-nonanol, floral ✳ paper pending (21 of 338 carry it)
- Cranberry + Raspberry
both carry hexanal ✳ paper pending (116 of 338 carry it)
- Cranberry + Almond
both carry 1-nonanol, floral ✳ paper pending (21 of 338 carry it)
9 of 190 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.
citric acidtasteacidreads as strongly acidic taste (PubChem)Measured in 7 of 338 ingredients.cite
11.59 ± 0.20 g/L in the raw juice — the most abundant of the three organic acids, and the one deacidification strips hardest, falling to 2.35 ± 0.06 g/L at the highest rate — Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods (Table 1 (Physicochemical composition of the raw and deacidified cranberry juices), 'Organic acids (g/L)' block, row 'Citric acid', column '0 (raw)')DL-malic acidtasteacidreads as sour taste (PubChem)Measured in 8 of 338 ingredients.cite
6.03 ± 0.10 g/L in the raw juice, the smallest of the three organic acids and the one entirely removed by the strongest deacidification, at 0.00 ± 0.00 g/L — Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods (Table 1, 'Organic acids (g/L)' block, row 'Malic acid', column '0 (raw)')Quinic acidtasteacidMeasured in 2 of 338 ingredients.cite
10.35 ± 0.31 g/L in the raw juice, second only to citric acid — and the acid that survives deacidification almost intact, still 9.19 ± 0.11 g/L in the juice from which four fifths of the citric acid and all of the malic acid have been removed — Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods (Table 1, 'Organic acids (g/L)' block, row 'Quinic acid', column '0 (raw)')Cyanidin-3-galactosidetasteflavonoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
65.14 ± 0.51 mg/L as cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalents in the raw juice — Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods (Table 1, 'Anthocyanins' block, row 'Cyanidin−3-galactoside', column '0 (raw)')Cyanidin-3-glucosidetasteMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
2.15 ± 0.12 mg/L as cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalents — the smallest of the six anthocyanins, and the compound the whole anthocyanin column is expressed against — Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods (Table 1, 'Anthocyanins' block, row 'Cyanidin−3-glucoside', column '0 (raw)')Peonidin-3-glucosidetasteflavonoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
8.50 ± 0.10 mg/L as cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalents in the raw juice — Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods (Table 1, 'Anthocyanins' block, row 'Peonidin−3-glucoside', column '0 (raw)')Peonidin-3-galactosidetasteflavonoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
84.74 ± 0.54 mg/L as cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalents — the largest of the six anthocyanins in the raw juice — Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods (Table 1, 'Anthocyanins (mg/L of cyanidin−3-glucoside equivalents)' block, row 'Peonidin−3-galactoside', column '0 (raw)')Cyanidin-3-arabinosidetasteMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
51.12 ± 0.69 mg/L as cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalents in the raw juice — Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods (Table 1, 'Anthocyanins' block, row 'Cyanidin−3-arabinoside', column '0 (raw)')Peonidin-3-arabinosidetastesugarMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
37.94 ± 0.62 mg/L as cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalents in the raw juice — Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods (Table 1, 'Anthocyanins' block, row 'Peonidin−3-arabinoside', column '0 (raw)')
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.
- 6,7-Dihydromonotropeinterpenoid
- Cannaguninenitrogen compound
- 3-(alpha-D-Xylopyranosyloxy)-3'-methoxy-4',5,7-trihydroxyflavoneflavonoid
- phthalic acidacid
- 3-D-Galactopyranosyloxy-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-1-benzopyryliumflavonoid
- carvacrolphenolreads as thymol odor (PubChem)
- oleanolic acidacid
- (R)-3-methyl-3-buten-2-olterpenoid
- syringic acidphenol
- Proanthocyanidinsflavonoid
- 3-pentanolalcohol
- Quercetin 3-(6''-coumaroyl)-beta-galactosideflavonoid
- Quercetin 3-(6''-benzoyl)-beta-galactosideflavonoid
- 2-tridecanoneketone
- quercetin-3-O-alpha-D-arabinofuranosideflavonoid
- isocitric acidalcohol
- Catechin (no stereochemistry defined)flavonoid
- cyanidin 3-arabinoside cationflavonoid
- peonidin 3-arabinoside cationflavonoid
- methyl butyrateesterreads as apple-like odor (PubChem)
- Procyanidin B2flavonoid
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2R,3S,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-oneflavonoid
- Quercetin-3-O-arabinosidesugar
- 4',5-Dihydroxy-7-glucosyloxyflavanoneflavonoid
- vacciniinphenol
- (1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aS,10R,12aR,14bR)-10-hydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acidterpenoid
- 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acidphenol
- cyanidin cationflavonoid
- 4-hydroxybenzoic acidacid
- D-xylopyranosesugarreads as very sweet (PubChem)
- peonidin-3-O-glucosideflavonoid
- Myricetin 3-alpha-L-arabinofuranosidesugar
- cis-ferulic acidacid
- (Z)-resveratrolphenol
- 3',5'-dimethoxy-4-stilbenol
- 5-hydroxy-3-{[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy}-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chromen-7-oneflavonoid
- non-2-enalaldehyde
- hept-2-enalaldehyde
- Chlorogenic acidphenol
- phthalic acidphenol
- oxalic acidacid
- 2-decenalaldehyde
- DL-malic acidacid
- benzoic acidphenolreads as bitter taste (PubChem)
- 2,4-Heptadienalaldehyde
- phenol
- tartaric acidacid
- Myricetin 3-arabinosidesugar
- fumaric acidacid
- beta-sitosterolalcohol
- L-malic acidacid
- benzyl benzoateesterreads as sharp burning taste (PubChem)
- 3-beta-D-Arabinopyranosyloxy-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-1-benzopyryliumflavonoid
- myricetin-3-O-beta-D-xylopyranosideflavonoid
- benzaldehydealdehydereads as burning aromatic taste (PubChem)
- cis-3-O-p-hydroxycinnamoyl ursolic acidterpenoid
- 3-(p-Coumaroyl)ursolic acidterpenoid
- benzyl alcoholalcoholreads as faint aromatic odor (PubChem)
- 3-(6-Deoxy-alpha-L-glucopyranosyloxy)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-oneflavonoid
- (2S)-2-octanolalcohol
- (S)-2-pentanolalcohol
- isoamyl alcoholalcohol
- nonanalaldehydereads as orange-rose odor (PubChem)
- 4-coumaric acidacid
- eugenolphenolreads as odor of cloves (PubChem)
- salicylic acidacid
- gentisic acidacid
- oeninflavonoid
- gallic acidacid
- 4-hydroxybenzoic acidphenol
- oxalic acidacid
- isorhamnetin 3-O-beta-L-galactopyranosideflavonoid
- 2-[(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)methylidene]-7-methoxy-6-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1-benzofuran-3-oneflavonoid
- D-limoneneterpenoidreads as citrus odor (PubChem)
- (-)-campheneterpenoid
- parasorbic acidether
- cyanidin 3-O-β-D-glucosideflavonoid
- cyanidin 3-O-beta-D-galactoside(1+)flavonoid
- peonidin(1+)flavonoid
- (+)-3-careneterpenoid
- 5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-{[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy}chromen-7-oneflavonoid
- (E)-aconitic acidacid
- (E)-cinnamic acidacid
- fumaric acidacidreads as fruit acid (PubChem)
- resveratrolphenol
- (R)-(-)-3-octanolalcohol
- 3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-olterpenoid
- ferulic acidacid
- caprylaldehydealdehydereads as strong, fruity odor (PubChem)
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3S,4R,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-oneflavonoid
- quercetinflavonoid
- quercitrinflavonoid
- β-caroteneterpenoid
- isoquercetinflavonoid
- kaempferolflavonoid
- luteinterpenoid
- hyperosideflavonoid
- isorhamnetinflavonoid
- myricetinflavonoid
- rhamnetinflavonoid
- ellagic acidphenol
- Astragalinflavonoid
- 2-heptenalaldehyde
- 2,4-heptadienalaldehyde
- 2-Nonenalaldehyde
- trans-2-decenalaldehyde
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-oneflavonoid
- myricetin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosideflavonoid
- pelargonidin 3-galactoside ionflavonoid
- Quercetin-3-D-xylosideflavonoid
- Quercetin 3-xylosideflavonoid
- ethyl maleateester
- vitamin Cacidreads as pleasant, sharp, acidic taste (PubChem)
- avicularinflavonoid
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-oneflavonoid
- sitoglusideterpenoid
- D-sorbitolsugarreads as sweet taste, approx 60% as sweet as sugar (wt/wt) (PubChem)
- phenylethyl alcoholalcoholreads as sharp burning taste (PubChem)
- phlorizinflavonoid
- 2-pentadecanoneketone
- hexanalaldehydereads as sharp, aldehyde odor (PubChem)
- 4-ethylguaiacolphenol
- D-(-)-mannitolsugarreads as sweetish taste (PubChem)
- p-coumaric acidacid
- Ethyl cinnamateester
- (E)-sinapic acidacid
- 3-methylcyclohexanol (trans)
- alpha carotene (stereochemistry specified)terpenoid
- nerolalcoholreads as sweet rose (PubChem)
- aldehydo-D-xylosesugar
- ursolic acidacid
- 2,3-butanedioneketonereads as strong odor (PubChem)
- isophoroneketonereads as camphor-like (PubChem)
- benzeneboronic acidacid
- (+)-linaloolalcohol
- trans-caffeic acidphenol
- xylitolsugar
- (-)-1-octen-3-olalcohol
- (3R)-heptan-3-olalcohol
- 2-phenylphenolphenolreads as phenolic odor (PubChem)
- (E/Z)-ferulic acidacid
- methyl benzoateesterreads as fragrant odor (PubChem)
- ethyl benzoateester
- protocatechuic acidacid
- indenehydrocarbon
- benzothiazolenitrogen compoundreads as odor similar to that of quinoline (PubChem)
- (−)-epicatechinphenol
- myricetin 3-O-beta-L-galactopyranosideflavonoid
- monotropeinterpenoid
- acetophenoneketonereads as sweet pungent odor (PubChem)
- 3-hydroxybenzoic acidacid
- Peonidin-3-O-alpha-arabinopyranosideflavonoid
- α-terpineneterpenoid
- p-anisic acidacid
- 2-(3,4,5-Trihydroxyphenyl)-3-(D-galactopyranosyloxy)-5,7-dihydroxy-1-benzopyryliumflavonoid
- ethyl (E/Z)-cinnamateacid
- benzyl formateester
- ethyl butyrateesterreads as pineapple odor (PubChem)
- 2-octanoneketonereads as bitter (PubChem)
- 1-hexanolalcoholreads as fatty, fruity (PubChem)
- heptanalaldehydereads as fatty taste (PubChem)
- 1-decanolalcoholreads as sweet odor (PubChem)
- decanalaldehydereads as citrus odor (PubChem)
- 2-Octadecanoneacid
- undecanalaldehyde
- lauryl aldehydealdehyde
- 1-octadeceneacid
- (+)-α-pineneterpenoid
- 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutenealcohol
- vanillic acidacid
- shikimic acidacid
- tartaric acidacid
- ethyl acetateesterreads as fragrant odor (PubChem)
- 1-nonanolalcoholreads as floral odor (PubChem)
- (+)-catechinflavonoid
- naringenin 7-O-beta-D-glucosideflavonoid
- D-malic acidacid
- 1-octanolalcoholreads as fresh orange rose odor (PubChem)
- oxalic acidacid
- 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-oneketonereads as fruity taste (PubChem)
- phenolreads as sweet, tarry odor (PubChem)
Sources
- Pellerin et al. 2021, Foods