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Yuzu

Citrus· citrus

What it is

Yuzu is a citrus fruit, Citrus junos, native to East Asia, grown mainly for its peel rather than its juice.

What it tastes like

On the nose: citrus, spicy. Among its measured molecules: gamma-cadinene, β-farnesene, α-terpinene, β-phellandrene, α-thujene.

Every one of its 15 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

• linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.06-1.06% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'Linalool')
• alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 72 of 341 ingredients.cite

  1.51-1.81% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'α-Pinene')
• α-phellandrenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 29 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.10-0.75% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'α-Phellandrene')
• γ‑terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 44 of 341 ingredients.cite

  7.19-14.65% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'γ-Terpinene')
• α-terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 16 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.15-0.32% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'α-Terpinene')
• p-cymenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 42 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.32-0.80% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'p-Cymene')
• β-phellandrenearomaterpenoidreads as burning taste (PubChem)Measured in 18 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.40-4.06% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'β-Phellandrene')
• terpinolenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene taste (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.26-0.44% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'α-Terpinolene')
• beta-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene (PubChem)Measured in 55 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.43-1.11% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'β-Pinene')
• α-thujenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 19 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.08-0.16% across the samples where it was detected — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'α-Thujene')
• sabinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 32 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.12% in the sample where it was detected — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'Sabinene')
• limonenearomaterpenoidreads as lemon (PubChem)Measured in 92 of 341 ingredients.cite

  72.46-86.77% across the four juice samples, the most abundant compound in every one — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2 (Volatile composition of yuzu juices), row 'Limonene')
• myrcenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 68 of 341 ingredients.cite

  1.86-2.44% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'Myrcene')
• β-farnesenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 12 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.04-0.30% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row '(E)-β-Farnesene')
• gamma-cadinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 5 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.07-0.16% across the four juice samples — Kuraya et al. 2017, International Journal of Food Science (Table 2, row 'γ-Cadinene')