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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

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

Salt and acid

Salt

Salt not measured yet.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

Unusual pairings

Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.

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