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Quince

What it is

Quince is the pome fruit of Cydonia oblonga, a tree native to the Caucasus region, almost always cooked before eating.

What it tastes like

On the nose: pear, orange-rose; the house adds floral apple, honeyed ✳. Among its measured molecules: β-damascenone, isoamyl acetate, ethyl hexanoate, nonanal, hexanal.

What goes with it

167 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 4 mg per 100 g — the library's own composition sheet.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

Unusual pairings

Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.

5 of 122 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.

  • hexanalaromaaldehydereads as sharp, aldehyde odor (PubChem)Measured in 85 of 338 ingredients.cite
    named among 'Hexanal, nonanal, damascenone, isoamyl acetate, and ethyl hexanoate (OAVs > 50) were established as the most impactful' of the 22 compounds the paper's OAV analysis (OAV > 1) identified across six quince accessions — Ding et al. 2026, Foods (Results 3.4.2, 'Characterization of Key Aroma Compounds Based on OAV and Cluster Heatmap Analysis')
  • ethyl hexanoatearomaesterMeasured in 36 of 338 ingredients.cite
    named among 'Hexanal, nonanal, damascenone, isoamyl acetate, and ethyl hexanoate (OAVs > 50) were established as the most impactful' of the 22 compounds the paper's OAV analysis (OAV > 1) identified across six quince accessions — Ding et al. 2026, Foods (Results 3.4.2, 'Characterization of Key Aroma Compounds Based on OAV and Cluster Heatmap Analysis')
  • isoamyl acetatearomaesterreads as pear-like odor (PubChem)Measured in 26 of 338 ingredients.cite
    named among 'Hexanal, nonanal, damascenone, isoamyl acetate, and ethyl hexanoate (OAVs > 50) were established as the most impactful' of the 22 compounds the paper's OAV analysis (OAV > 1) identified across six quince accessions — Ding et al. 2026, Foods (Results 3.4.2, 'Characterization of Key Aroma Compounds Based on OAV and Cluster Heatmap Analysis')
  • nonanalaromaaldehydereads as orange-rose odor (PubChem)Measured in 59 of 338 ingredients.cite
    named among 'Hexanal, nonanal, damascenone, isoamyl acetate, and ethyl hexanoate (OAVs > 50) were established as the most impactful' of the 22 compounds the paper's OAV analysis (OAV > 1) identified across six quince accessions — Ding et al. 2026, Foods (Results 3.4.2, 'Characterization of Key Aroma Compounds Based on OAV and Cluster Heatmap Analysis')
  • β-damascenonearomaterpenoidMeasured in 13 of 338 ingredients.cite
    named among the OAV > 50 'most impactful' compounds overall, and specifically: 'a cluster with singular potent aromas (LXH with damascenone, OAV = 265.05)' — the single largest odor activity value the paper states for any compound, in the LXH accession (apple-shaped quince, C. oblonga var. maliformis, Hotan City) — Ding et al. 2026, Foods (Results 3.4.2, 'Characterization of Key Aroma Compounds Based on OAV and Cluster Heatmap Analysis')

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.

  • (3R,5S)-3-methyl-5-[(1E)-3-methylbuta-1,3-dienyl]oxolan-2-onelactone
  • Marmelolactone B
  • (7aS)-1,4,4,7a-tetramethyl-5H-indeneterpenoid
  • (7aS)-2,4,5,7aalpha-Tetrahydro-1alpha,4,4,7aalpha-tetramethyl-1H-inden-2alpha-olterpenoid
  • Coniferyl stearate
  • 4-Hydroxy-beta-iononeterpenoid
  • oleanolic acidacid
  • 25-O-acetylvulgarosideterpenoid
  • 2-(7-Hydroxy-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-3-hydroxy-7-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)chromoneflavonoid
  • 3',5'-Dimethoxy-4'-hydroxy-7-(beta-D-galactopyranosyloxy)flavonolflavonoid
  • 25-O-cinnamoylvulgarosideterpenoid
  • 24-O-acetyl-25-O-cinnamoylvulgarosideterpenoid
  • 2-(7-Methoxy-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-3-hydroxy-7-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)chromoneflavonoid
  • 3',5'-Dimethoxy-4'-hydroxy-7-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)flavonolflavonoid
  • (E)-4-[(4R)-2,6,6-trimethyl-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxycyclohexen-1-yl]but-3-en-2-oneterpenoid
  • Hexadecanoic acid (E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-propenyl ester
  • (1R,3R,4S,5S)-3-[(E)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy-1,4,5-trihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acidacid
  • (3S,8R,9R,10R,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-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
  • Benzoyl-beta-D-glucosidesugar
  • (3R,4R,6E,8E)-3-hydroxy-4,9-dimethyl-10-oxo-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxydeca-6,8-dienoic acid
  • (2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(1R)-4-[(3S)-3-hydroxybutyl]-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]methoxy]oxane-3,4,5-triolterpenoid
  • (2E,4E,7R,8S)-2,7-dimethyl-8-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxydeca-2,4-dienedioic acid
  • (4S)-4-Hydroxy-3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(1E,3E)-3-methyl-5-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypenta-1,3-dienyl]cyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • cyanidin cationflavonoid
  • [(24Z)-Stigmasta-5,24(28)-dien-3beta-yl] beta-D-glucopyranosideterpenoid
  • 2,2,6,7-Tetramethylbicyclo[4.3.0]nona-1(9),4-diene-7,8-diolalcohol
  • (1S,3R,4R,5S)-1,3,4-trihydroxy-5-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acidacid
  • 17-(5-hydroxy-5-propan-2-ylhept-6-en-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-olterpenoid
  • Marmelo oxide Bterpenoid
  • Marmelo oxide Aether
  • Ursolic aldehydeterpenoid
  • 4-Hydroxy-beta-ionolterpenoid
  • (2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-6-[(E,2R)-4-[(1R,4S)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]but-3-en-2-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triolterpenoid
  • (3S,8R,9R,10R,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-hydroxy-5-propan-2-ylhept-6-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-olterpenoid
  • (2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-6-[(2R)-4-[(1S,4S)-1,4-dihydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]butan-2-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triolterpenoid
  • (1S,3S,4R,5R)-3-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]-1,4,5-trihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acidacid
  • (1R,3R,4S,5S)-3-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]-1,4,5-trihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acidacid
  • (1S,9S)-2,2,9-trimethyl-8,12-dioxatricyclo[7.2.1.01,6]dodec-5-eneterpenoid
  • (4S)-4-[(3R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxybutyl]-4-hydroxy-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-yl hexadecanoate
  • (4R)-4-[(E,3R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxybut-1-enyl]-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • (2Z,4E,7R,8S)-2,7-dimethyl-8-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxydeca-2,4-dienedioic acid
  • [(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-ethyl-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] 2-methylbut-2-enoate
  • 3-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enyl octadecanoate
  • (7aR)-1,4,4,7a-tetramethyl-5H-indeneterpenoid
  • (1S,3R,4R,5S)-1,3,4-trihydroxy-5-[3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acidacid
  • (1R,3S,4S,5R)-1,3,4-trihydroxy-5-[3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acidacid
  • (4R)-3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(3R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxybutyl]cyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-yl octadec-9-enoate
  • (4S)-4-hydroxy-3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(E,3R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybut-1-enyl]cyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • (2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-6-[(2R)-4-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]butan-2-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triolterpenoid
  • (3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,8aS,11R,12S,12aR,14aR,14bR)-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,12,14b-heptamethyl-2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-olterpenoid
  • (4R)-4-[(3R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxybutyl]-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • (3S,5S)-3-methyl-5-[(1E)-3-methylbuta-1,3-dienyl]oxolan-2-one
  • 2H-Inden-2-one, 1,4,5,7a-tetrahydro-1,4,4,7a-tetramethyl-, (1S-cis)-terpenoid
  • 3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enyl octadeca-9,12-dienoate
  • [(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] (2S)-8-hydroxy-2,7-dimethylocta-4,6-dienoate
  • (2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-6-[(E,2R)-4-[(1S,4S)-1,4-dihydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]but-3-en-2-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triolterpenoid
  • (4S)-4-hydroxy-3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(3R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxybutyl]cyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • (4R)-3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(1E,3E)-3-methyl-5-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypenta-1,3-dienyl]cyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R)-4-[(1S,4S)-1,4-dihydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]butan-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triolterpenoid
  • (E,2R)-4-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexa-1,3-dien-1-yl)but-3-en-2-olterpenoid
  • (4S)-4-[(E,3R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxybut-1-enyl]-4-hydroxy-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • [(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-ethyl-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] (E)-2-methylbut-2-enoate
  • [(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] (2S,4E,6E)-8-hydroxy-2,7-dimethylocta-4,6-dienoate
  • (1R,3S,4S,5R)-1,3,4-trihydroxy-5-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acidacid
  • (2E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-yl docosanoate
  • Chlorogenic acidphenol
  • (2R)-2,5,5,8abeta-Tetramethyl-2alpha,4aalpha-epoxy-3,4,4a,5,6,8a-hexahydro-2H-1-benzopyranterpenoid
  • beta-sitosterolalcohol
  • [(E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enyl] (Z)-docos-13-enoate
  • [(Z)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enyl] (Z)-docos-13-enoate
  • [(E)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-enyl] (9Z,12Z)-18-hydroxyoctadeca-9,12-dienoate
  • 4-(Hexadecanoyloxy)benzoic acid
  • 4-[(9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12-dienoyloxy]benzoic acid
  • 4-[(13Z)-docos-13-enoyloxy]benzoic acid
  • 4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl hexadecanoate
  • (4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl) (9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12-dienoate
  • 4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl (13Z)-docos-13-enoate
  • Urs-12-ene-3,28-diol, (3beta)-terpenoid
  • 5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-8-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)chromen-4-oneflavonoid
  • pomolic acidterpenoid
  • 4-(beta-D-glucosyloxy)benzoic acidacid
  • lucenin-2flavonoid
  • schaftosideflavonoid
  • (1S,3S,4R,5R)-3-[(E)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy-1,4,5-trihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acidacid
  • quercetinflavonoid
  • (E)-3-[3,5-dimethoxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]prop-2-enoic acidacid
  • neochlorogenic acidacid
  • rutinflavonoid
  • isofucosterolalcohol
  • 3-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enyl octadeca-9,12-dienoate
  • 3-Methyl-5-(3-methylbuta-1,3-dienyl)oxolan-2-one
  • 3-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enyl hexadecanoate
  • sitoglusideterpenoid
  • 4-Oxo-beta-ionolterpenoid
  • trans-5-O-(4-coumaroyl)-D-quinic acidacid
  • ursolic acidacid
  • corosolic acidterpenoid
  • 3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-yl docosanoate
  • hederageninacid
  • arjunolic acidacid
  • 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-yl docos-13-enoate
  • 3-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-enyl 18-hydroxyoctadeca-9,12-dienoate
  • 4-(octadeca-9,12-dienoyloxy)benzoic acid
  • 4-(docos-13-enoyloxy)benzoic acid
  • 4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl octadeca-9,12-dienoate
  • 4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl docos-13-enoate
  • 2,6,10-trimethyldodeca-2,4,6,10-tetraeneacid
  • 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-yl octadecanoate
  • 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-yl tetracosanoate
  • 4-methyl-2-(3-methylbuta-1,3-dien-1-yl)oxolaneterpenoid
  • 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
  • uvaolterpenoid
  • 4-hydroxybenzylaminenitrogen compound
  • (4S)-4-hydroxy-3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(1E,3R)-3-{[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy}but-1-en-1-yl]cyclohex-2-en-1-oneterpenoid
  • 3-p-Coumaroylquinic acidacid

Sources

  • Ding et al. 2026, Foods
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