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Scallop

Meat, fish & cheese· seafood

Scallop

What it is

Scallop is a bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, harvested mainly for its adductor muscle.

What it tastes like

On the nose: fruity, potato, apple, fatty. Among its measured molecules: isobutyraldehyde, butanal, methional, propanal, furfuryl alcohol.

What goes with it

176 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 12 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

  • acetonearomaketonereads as fruity odor (PubChem)Measured in 17 of 338 ingredients.cite
    peak volume 4,966.29 +/- 728.31 a.u., among the largest peaks in the raw profileWang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 22 'Acetone', 'Raw' column)
  • benzaldehydearomaaldehydereads as burning aromatic taste (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 338 ingredients.cite
    monomer-ion peak volume 1,241.38 +/- 131.71 a.u. rawWang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 16 'Benzaldehyde (M)', 'Raw' column)
  • butanalaromaaldehydereads as characteristic, pungent, aldehyde odor (PubChem)Measured in 7 of 338 ingredients.cite
    peak volume 1,684.24 +/- 337.55 a.u. raw, declining once cooked (483.23-835.52 a.u.)Wang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 3 'Butanal', 'Raw' column)
  • caprylaldehydearomaaldehydereads as strong, fruity odor (PubChem)Measured in 37 of 338 ingredients.cite
    monomer-ion peak volume 1560.84 +/- 189.75 a.u. raw, rising to 2,338.03 a.u. fried (the largest cooked value)Wang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 1 'Octanal (M)', 'Raw' column)
  • propanalaromaaldehydereads as characteristic odor similar to acetaldehyde (PubChem)Measured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
    peak volume 4,461.92 +/- 605.51 a.u. -- the single largest peak in the raw scallop profile, declining to 2,330.30-2,920.20 a.u. across all four cooking methodsWang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 10 'Propanal', 'Raw' column)
  • hexanalaromaaldehydereads as sharp, aldehyde odor (PubChem)Measured in 85 of 338 ingredients.cite
    peak volume 969.34 +/- 79.94 a.u. raw, rising to 1,719.31-2,131.80 a.u. boiled/fried/microwaved but LOWER when roasted (583.14 a.u.)Wang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 6 'Hexanal', 'Raw' column)
  • isobutyraldehydearomaaldehydereads as fruity taste (PubChem)Measured in 6 of 338 ingredients.cite
    peak volume 1,292.00 +/- 200.15 a.u. raw, declining once cooked (380.77-878.90 a.u.)Wang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 9 '2-Methylpropanal', 'Raw' column)
  • furfuryl alcoholaromaalcoholreads as bitter (PubChem)Measured in 16 of 338 ingredients.cite
    peak volume 2,126.07 +/- 508.77 a.u. raw, declining to 428.35-940.06 a.u. across all four cooking methods -- the largest raw-to-cooked decline of any compound in the tableWang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 29 '2-Furanmethanol', 'Raw' column)
  • heptanalaromaaldehydereads as fatty taste (PubChem)Measured in 33 of 338 ingredients.cite
    monomer-ion peak volume 1,810.60 +/- 204.96 a.u. rawWang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 4 'Heptanal (M)', 'Raw' column)
  • 3-methylbutanalaromaaldehydereads as apple-like odor (PubChem)Measured in 22 of 338 ingredients.cite
    monomer-ion peak volume 1,293.70 +/- 155.10 a.u. raw, rising to 2,581.91-2,598.72 a.u. roasted/friedWang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 14 '3-Methylbutanal (M)', 'Raw' column)
  • methionalaromasulfur compoundreads as cooked potato (PubChem)Measured in 9 of 338 ingredients.cite
    monomer-ion peak volume 646.15 +/- 67.5 a.u. raw, rising to 1,051.41 a.u. friedWang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 12 '3-Methylthiopropanal (M)', 'Raw' column)
  • 1-octen-3-olaromaalcoholMeasured in 35 of 338 ingredients.cite
    dimer-ion peak volume 376.05 +/- 67.13 a.u. raw -- the largest value of any treatment for this ion form, declining once cooked (134.96-189.29 a.u.)Wang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition (Table 1, row 28 '1-Octen-3-ol (D)', 'Raw' column)

Sources

  • Wang et al. 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition