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Flavour Analysis

Poached egg combines intense aroma with oleic acid and animal fat. Beneath those first notes sit butter and kombu dashi, and a milk note gives the profile a final layer of depth and contrast.

Dominant Flavour Families

Carnal / Animalic
Vegetal
Sharp
Earthy
Floral

Flavour profile of poached egg

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Sulfurous

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Poached egg

SulfurousVegetal

poached egg5.8

Eggy or cabbagy, pungent sulfurous aroma. Moderate in poached egg.

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