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Oyster
Meat, fish & cheese· seafood
What it is
Oyster is a bivalve mollusc that lives in shallow salt water and is eaten for its soft body.
What it tastes like
On the nose: cheese, potato, fruity, buttery. Among its measured molecules: 4-methylanisole, Senecialdehyde, butyl pentanoate, (E)-3-penten-2-one, (E)-2-butenal.
What goes with it
- Walnutboth carry propionic acid, cheesecite
- Sweet cherryboth carry acetone, fruitycite
- Fermented tomato juiceboth carry acetoin, butterycite
Salt and acid
Salt
Salt not measured yet.
Acid
Acid not measured yet.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Oyster + Walnut
both carry propionic acid, cheese (11 of 341 carry it)
- Oyster + Sweet cherry
both carry acetone, fruity (33 of 341 carry it)
- Oyster + Caviar
both carry methional, cooked potato (17 of 341 carry it)
Every one of its 54 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.
acetic acidaromaacidreads as pungent (PubChem)Measured in 37 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1502.6; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 32 'Acetic acid')acetoinaromaketonereads as buttery (PubChem)Measured in 18 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1296.6; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 36 '2-Butanone, 3-hydroxy')acetonearomaketonereads as fruity (PubChem)Measured in 18 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 843.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 67 '2-propanone')benzaldehydearomaaldehydereads as burning aromatic taste (PubChem)Measured in 57 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1531.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 10 'Benzaldehyde')butanalaromaaldehydereads as pungent, aldehyde (PubChem)Measured in 9 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 896.2; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 64 'Butanal')1-butanolaromaalcoholreads as dry, burning taste (PubChem)Measured in 13 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1169.8; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 49 '1-butanol')octanalaromaaldehydereads as fruity (PubChem)Measured in 40 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1298.7; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 37 '1-octanal')phenylacetaldehydearomaaldehydeMeasured in 23 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1691.5; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 2 'phenylacetaldehyde')1-propanolaromaalcoholreads as burning taste (PubChem)Measured in 23 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1043.2; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 63 '1-Propanol')propionic acidaromaacidreads as sour & mildly cheese (PubChem)Measured in 4 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1597.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 3 'Propanoic acid')1-pentanolaromaalcoholMeasured in 20 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1263.7; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 65 '1-Pentanol')2-butanonearomaketonereads as sweet, pungent (PubChem)Measured in 9 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 901; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 58 '2-Butanone')3-pentanonearomaketoneMeasured in 3 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 985.5; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 56 '3-Pentanone')furfuralaromafuranreads as almond (PubChem)Measured in 34 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1484.8; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 14 'Furfural')4-methylanisolearomaetherreads as nutty taste (PubChem)Measured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1491.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 13 'p-methyl anisole')ethyl propionatearomaesterreads as fruity (PubChem)Measured in 5 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 961.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 57 'Ethyl propanoate')ethyl butyratearomaesterreads as pineapple (PubChem)Measured in 22 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1040.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 80 'ethyl-butyrate')2-heptanonearomaketonereads as pear flavor (PubChem)Measured in 24 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1193.4; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 70 '2-Heptanone')1-hexanolaromaalcoholreads as fatty, fruity (PubChem)Measured in 50 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1370.7; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 28 '1 -hexanol')heptanalaromaaldehydereads as fatty taste (PubChem)Measured in 34 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1194.1; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 48 'Heptaldehyde')acetolaromaalcoholMeasured in 2 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1313.6; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 30 '1-Hydroxy-2-propanone')ethyl acetatearomaesterreads as fragrant (PubChem)Measured in 43 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 884; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 59 'Ethyl Acetate')6-methyl-5-hepten-2-onearomaketonereads as fruity taste (PubChem)Measured in 16 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1351.1; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 73 '2-methyl-2-hepten-6-one')1-penten-3-olaromaalcoholMeasured in 13 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1171.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 84 '1-Penten-3-ol')2-nonanonearomaketoneMeasured in 11 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1396.2; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 75 '2-Nonanone')1-penten-3-onearomaketoneMeasured in 6 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1031.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 55 '1-Penten-3-one')2-ethylfuranaromafuranMeasured in 5 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 957.8; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 83 '2-ethyl furan')methionalaromasulfur compoundreads as cooked potato (PubChem)Measured in 11 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1466.1; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 15 '3-(methylsulfanyl)propanal')1-octen-3-olaromaalcoholMeasured in 38 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1479.7; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 33 '1-Octen-3-ol')2-amylfuranaromafuranMeasured in 24 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1239; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 45 '2-pentyl furan')2-butylfuranaromafuranMeasured in 4 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1130.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 85 '2-butylfuran')2,3,5-trimethylpyrazinearomapyrazineMeasured in 7 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1393.1; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 76 '2,3,5- trimethylpyrazine')2-ethyl-3-methylpyrazinearomapyrazineMeasured in 2 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1426.5; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 38 '2-Ethyl-3-methyl pyrazine')isoamyl alcoholaromaalcoholMeasured in 46 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1216.4; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 79 '1-Butanol, 3-methyl')nonanalaromaaldehydereads as orange-rose (PubChem)Measured in 62 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1403.7; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 24 '1-nonanal')SenecialdehydearomaaldehydeMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1211.6; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 47 '3-Methyl-2-butenal')butyl pentanoatearomaesterMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1304.3; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 41 'butyl pentanoate')1-octen-3-onearomaacidMeasured in 7 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1321.3; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 81 '1-Octen-3-one')3-octanonearomaketonereads as fruity (PubChem)Measured in 8 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1265.2; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 60 '3-Octanone')ethyl crotonatearomaesterMeasured in 2 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1150.4; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 62 'ethyl (E)-2-butenoate')2,4-hexadienalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 5 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1411.6; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 22 '(E, E)-2,4-hexadienal')(E)-3-penten-2-onearomaketoneMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1105.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 53 '(E)-3-penten-2-one')(E,Z)-2,6-nonadienalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 9 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1737.5; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 1 '(E, Z)-2,6-nonadienal')(E)-2-butenalaromaMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1053.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 54 '(E)-2-butenal')2-HexenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 33 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1227.3; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 46 '(E)-2-hexen-1-al')2-heptenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 14 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1333.5; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 82 '(E)-2-Heptenal')2,4-heptadienalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 12 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1503.8; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 12 '(E, E)-2,4-heptadienal')2-OctenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 26 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1434.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 20 '(E)-2-octenal')2-NonenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 22 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1549.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 7 '(E) -2-nonenal')(E)-3-nonen-2-onearomaacidMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1611.9; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 5 '(E)-Non-3-en-2-one')(Z)-4-heptenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 3 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1254.7; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 44 '(Z)-4-heptenal')(E)-2-pentenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 4 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1139.8; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 51 '(E)-2-Pentenal')(Z)-2-pentenalaromaMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1118; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 52 '(Z)-2-pentenal')(Z)-2-methylpent-2-enalaromaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite
identified by GC-IMS in the headspace of fresh oyster homogenate, retention index 1157.3; identity only, no concentration — Fu et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 1 (Qualitative GC-IMS results of male and female oysters with different ploidy oysters), row 50 '(Z)-2-Methylpent-2-enal')
Sources
- Fu et al. 2023, Molecules