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Tuna
Meat, fish & cheese· seafood

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
- Sweet cornboth carry heptyl alcoholcite
- Almondboth carry heptyl alcoholcite
- Watermelonboth carry propanalcite
Salt and acid
Salt
Salt not measured yet.
Acid
Acid not measured yet.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Tuna + Baked salmon
both carry 1-octen-3-ol, mushroom (53 of 338 carry it)
- Tuna + Walnut
both carry 1-octen-3-ol, mushroom (53 of 338 carry it)
- Tuna + Habanero
both carry 1-octen-3-ol, mushroom (53 of 338 carry it)
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 0 — Wang 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 C — Wang 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 0 — Wang 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 storage — Wang 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 0 — Wang 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 C — Wang 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 0 — Wang 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 timepoint — Wang 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 timepoint — Wang 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 3 — Wang 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 0 — Wang et al. 2019, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Nonanal', 'Day 0' column)
Sources
- Wang et al. 2019, Molecules