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Flavour Analysis

Look beyond cheese’s savoury richness and a less obvious register appears: oleic acid, animal fat and milk. A hazelnut note introduces roasted nut aroma, while a yeast note contributes bready aroma, and butter and mould notes give the profile depth, contrast and length.

Dominant Flavour Families

Earthy
Carnal / Animalic
Sharp
Maillard
Vegetal

Flavour profile of cheese

150 dimensions grouped into 10 flavour families. Bar length shows relative prominence. Scale 0–10.

Glutamic

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Cheese

GlutamicCarnal

cheese6.8

Savory, umami-rich character closely related to depth, complexity, and richness. Strong in cheese.

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To identify the flavour notes with strong associations, we analysed the ingredient pairings in more than 30,000 recipes. We broke down each ingredient into its constituent flavour notes. Then we identified which flavour notes repeatedly appear together across these pairings, revealing the underlying associations that make ingredients harmonise.

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