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Tuna

Meat, fish & cheese· seafood

Tuna

What it is

Tuna is a fast-swimming ocean fish in the tribe Thunnini, including species such as bluefin, yellowfin and albacore.

What it tastes like

On the nose: rose, fatty. Among its measured molecules: heptyl alcohol, propanal, 1-penten-3-ol, 1-pentanol, 1-octanol.

What goes with it

165 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 11 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

  • caprylaldehydearomaaldehydereads as strong, fruity odor (PubChem)Measured in 37 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 1.35 +/- 0.01 (x10^-6) at Day 0Wang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Octanal', 'Day 0' column)
  • propanalaromaaldehydereads as characteristic odor similar to acetaldehyde (PubChem)Measured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 0.79 +/- 0.01 (x10^-6) at Day 0, rising to 20.90 by Day 6 of cold storage at 4 degrees CWang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Propanal', 'Day 0' column)
  • 1-octanolaromaalcoholreads as fresh orange rose odor (PubChem)Measured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 7.88 +/- 5.21 (x10^-6) at Day 0Wang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row '1-Octanol', 'Day 0' column)
  • hexanalaromaaldehydereads as sharp, aldehyde odor (PubChem)Measured in 85 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 8.61 +/- 0.12 (x10^-6) at Day 0, rising to 31.39-35.56 by Day 6 of cold storageWang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Hexanal', 'Day 0' column)
  • 1-pentanolaromaalcoholreads as mild odor (PubChem)Measured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 0.96 +/- 0.18 (x10^-6) at Day 0Wang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row '1-Pentanol', 'Day 0' column)
  • 1-hexanolaromaalcoholreads as fatty, fruity (PubChem)Measured in 48 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 4.03 +/- 1.51 (x10^-6) at Day 0, rising to 83.40 by Day 6 at 0 degrees CWang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row '1-Hexanol', 'Day 0' column)
  • heptyl alcoholaromaalcoholreads as fragrant (PubChem)Measured in 8 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 1.99 +/- 0.74 (x10^-6) at Day 0Wang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row '1-Heptanol', 'Day 0' column)
  • heptanalaromaaldehydereads as fatty taste (PubChem)Measured in 33 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 5.74 +/- 0.12 (x10^-6) at Day 0 -- the second-largest aldehyde peak at this timepointWang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Heptanal', 'Day 0' column)
  • 1-penten-3-olaromaalcoholMeasured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 10.93 +/- 4.95 (x10^-6) at Day 0 -- the largest alcohol peak at this timepointWang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row '1-Penten-3-ol', 'Day 0' column)
  • 1-octen-3-olaromaalcoholMeasured in 35 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 7.37 +/- 2.15 (x10^-6) at Day 0, rising to 77.27-88.0 by Day 3Wang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row '1-Octen-3-ol', 'Day 0' column)
  • nonanalaromaaldehydereads as orange-rose odor (PubChem)Measured in 59 of 338 ingredients.cite
    relative peak area 1.21 +/- 0.04 (x10^-6) at Day 0Wang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Nonanal', 'Day 0' column)

Sources

  • Wang et al. 2019, Molecules