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Flavour Analysis

Look beyond plum’s juicy aroma and a less obvious register appears: sugar, peach and apricot. A sour apple note introduces crisp tartness, while a honey note contributes golden sweetness, and blackberry and almond notes give the profile depth, contrast and length.

Dominant Flavour Families

Sharp
Sweet
Carnal / Animalic
Floral
Spice

Flavour profile of plum

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Plum

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Sweet, rich, juicy fruit aroma typical of ripe cherries and dark stone fruits. Strong in plum.

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To identify the flavour notes with strong associations, we studied 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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