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Lime

Citrus· citrus

Lime

What it is

Lime is the citrus fruit of Citrus aurantiifolia and related hybrids.

What it tastes like

On the nose: rose, pine, floral, citrus. Among its measured molecules: o-cymene, neryl acetate, nerol, α-thujene, geraniol.

What goes with it

169 more go with it. See them all in the full library →

Salt and acid

Salt

0 mgAsian pear10 mgCinnamon100 mgFennel seed1,000 mgOlive10,000 mgFish sauce

Sodium 2 mg per 100 g — USDA FoodData Central 168156.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

Unusual pairings

Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.

15 of 16 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.

  • linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.64 ± 0.03% — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'linalool')
  • alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as odor of turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 71 of 338 ingredients.cite
    3.12 ± 0.26%; ranked fourth in the Results sentence — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'α-pinene'; Results)
  • γ‑terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 44 of 338 ingredients.cite
    15.44 ± 1.89%; ranked second in the Results sentence — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'γ-terpinene'; Results)
  • o-cymenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.30 ± 0.21% — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'o-cymene')
  • terpinen-4-olaromaalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)Measured in 41 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.40 ± 0.57% — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row '4-terpineol')
  • terpinolenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene taste (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.12 ± 0.06% — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'α-terpinolene')
  • beta-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene odor (PubChem)Measured in 55 of 338 ingredients.cite
    12.57 ± 0.8%; ranked third in the Results sentence — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'β-pinene'; Results)
  • alpha-terpineolaromaalcoholreads as floral, lilac (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.58 ± 0.11% — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'α-terpineol')
  • α-thujenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.01 ± 0.15% — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'α-thujene')
  • sabinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 32 of 338 ingredients.cite
    2.12 ± 0.17%; ranked sixth in the Results sentence — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'sabinene'; Results)
  • limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
    42.35 ± 1.89%; the Results state 'the content of limonene was the highest (42.35%)' — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2 (Composition of essential oil of lime peel), row 'limonene'; Results)
  • myrcenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant (PubChem)Measured in 68 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.92 ± 0.03% — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'β-myrcene')
  • geraniolaromaalcoholreads as sweet rose odor (PubChem)Measured in 26 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.58 ± 0.07% — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'geraniol')
  • nerolaromaalcoholreads as sweet rose (PubChem)Measured in 13 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.85 ± 0.15% — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Table 2, row 'nerol')
  • neryl acetatearomaterpenoidMeasured in 12 of 338 ingredients.cite
    2.2%, ranked fifth — Lin et al. 2019, Foods (Results sentence ranking the six most abundant compounds)

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.

  • 1,4-cineoleterpenoid

Sources

  • Lin et al. 2019, Foods
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