Strawberry
Fruit & berry· berry

What it is
Strawberry is the fruit of Fragaria × ananassa, a hybrid species developed from South American and North American wild strawberries.
What it tastes like
On the nose: apple, caramel, rose, spicy. Among its measured molecules: hexyl hexanoate, mesifurane, 2-methylbutyric acid, γ-decalactone, methyl butyrate.
What goes with it
- Asian pearboth carry methyl butyrate, applecite
- Kiwifruitboth carry methyl butyrate, applecite
- Green teaboth carry nerolidol, fruitycite
Salt and acid
Salt
Sodium 1 mg per 100 g — USDA FoodData Central 167762.
Acid
Acid 0.8979 % (g/100 g) — USDA FoodData Central 167762.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Strawberry + Black tea
both carry geraniol, rose (67 of 338 carry it)
- Strawberry + Coffee
both carry dimethylhydroxy furanone, caramel (13 of 338 carry it)
- Strawberry + Pomegranate
both carry linalool, spicy citrus (133 of 338 carry it)
15 of 25 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.
linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
75.08 to 188.74 µg/kg, p = 0.0053 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Terpenes, row 'linalool')ethyl butyratearomaesterreads as pineapple odor (PubChem)Measured in 21 of 338 ingredients.cite
14.37 to 48.06 µg/kg, p = 0.01 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Esters, row 'ethyl butanoate')methyl hexanoatearomaesterMeasured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
24.51 to 62.31 µg/kg, p = 0.0001 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Esters, row 'methyl hexanoate')2-methylbutyric acidaromaacidMeasured in 4 of 338 ingredients.cite
30.71 to 64.72 µg/kg, p = 0.0017 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Acids, row '2-methylbutanoic acid')hexyl acetatearomaesterreads as sweet ester odor (PubChem)Measured in 17 of 338 ingredients.cite
OAV 1088.99 to 5245.43 at ripeness (8800.62 in F. vesca cv. Reine de Vallées) against a 2 µg/kg threshold — the largest OAV recorded anywhere in that table — Nunnally-Martínez et al. 2026, Plants (Table 2, column 'Hexyl Acetate', rows 'Ripe' for F. × ananassa cv. Dover, Starlette and Tudla)isovaleric acidaromaacidreads as acid taste (PubChem)Measured in 9 of 338 ingredients.cite
4.63 to 109.32 µg/kg, p = 0.0001 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Acids, row '3-methylbutanoic acid')methyl butyratearomaesterreads as apple-like odor (PubChem)Measured in 6 of 338 ingredients.cite
99.63 to 142.21 µg/kg, p = 0.0002 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Esters, row 'methyl butanoate')γ-decalactonearomaetherMeasured in 4 of 338 ingredients.cite
measured across the sweetness panel; VIP 1.08 (2011–2012) and 1.12 (2013–2015) in the sweetness model — Fan et al. 2021, Horticulture Research (Table 1, row 'γ-Decalactone')dimethylhydroxy furanonearomareads as caramel flavor (PubChem)Measured in 7 of 338 ingredients.cite
96.56 (Camarosa) to 456.97 (Festival) µg/kg; the most significant varietal difference in the table, p = 0.00001 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Furanones, row 'furaneol')hexyl hexanoatearomaesterMeasured in 2 of 338 ingredients.cite
95.45 to 303.79 µg/kg; the most abundant ester measured, p = 0.0063 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Esters, row 'hexyl hexanoate')ethyl hexanoatearomaesterMeasured in 36 of 338 ingredients.cite
19.26 to 28.48 µg/kg (not detected in Camarosa), p = 0.0006 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Esters, row 'ethyl hexanoate')mesifuranearomaetherMeasured in 2 of 338 ingredients.cite
27.83 to 39.80 µg/kg; present in all three varieties, difference not significant — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Furanones, row 'mesifurane')geraniolaromaalcoholreads as sweet rose odor (PubChem)Measured in 26 of 338 ingredients.cite
151.63 (Camarosa) to 537.73 (Festival) µg/kg as 2-octanol equivalents — the largest single value in the table; p = 0.0001 between varieties — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1 (Volatile composition of three strawberry varieties grown in a soilless system), Terpenes, row 'geraniol')2-HexenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 31 of 338 ingredients.cite
OAV 472.06 to 609.92 at ripeness against a 17 µg/kg odour threshold — Nunnally-Martínez et al. 2026, Plants (Table 2 (odor activity values for ripening berries), column '(E)-2-Hexenal', rows 'Ripe' for F. × ananassa cv. Dover, Starlette and Tudla)nerolidolaromaalcoholMeasured in 14 of 338 ingredients.cite
5.91 to 51.77 µg/kg, p = 0.0001 — González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods (Table 1, Terpenes, row 'cis-nerolidol')
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.
- Procyanidin B2flavonoid
- 2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-5-[4,5,6-trihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-7-oneflavonoid
- Pelargoninflavonoid
- pelargonidin-3-O-beta-D-glucosideflavonoid
- ellagic acidphenol
- DQVGVYRSVYCJRR-AXRVZGOCSA-N
- vitamin Cacidreads as pleasant, sharp, acidic taste (PubChem)
- p-coumaric acidacid
- (−)-epicatechinphenol
- (+)-catechinflavonoid
Sources
- González-Domínguez et al. 2020, Foods
- Nunnally-Martínez et al. 2026, Plants
- Fan et al. 2021, Horticulture Research