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Flavour Analysis

Beneath christmas pudding’s familiar dried-fruit sweetness lies a more intricate layering of sugar, cinnamon and molasses. A nutmeg note brings definite distinct woody and spicy notes, with an alcohol note setting distinct boozy warmth alongside it, and allspice and clove notes give the profile a rounded, lingering character.

Dominant Flavour Families

Spice
Sweet
Maillard
Earthy
Sharp

Flavour profile of christmas pudding

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Raisiny

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Christmas pudding

RaisinySweet

christmas pudding8.8

Sweet, dried-fruit notes, mildly oxidized aromas associated with sun-dried grapes. Strong in christmas pudding.

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