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Flavour Analysis

Popcorn brings together insistent grainy sweetness, toast, butter and malt, all at once. Beneath those first notes sit caramel and char, and rancio and coffee notes give the profile a final layer of depth and contrast.

Dominant Flavour Families

Maillard
Vegetal
Earthy
Sweet
Woody

Flavour profile of popcorn

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Maize

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Popcorn

MaizeMaillard

popcorn8.7

Sweet, grainy aroma notable in sweet corn kernels and cooked maize products. Strong in popcorn.

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To uncover which flavour notes are strongly associated with each other, we examined the ingredient pairings in more than 30,000 recipes, decomposing each ingredient into its constituent flavour notes. By analysing which notes co-occur across successful combinations, we identified patterns of association that underpin culinary harmony.

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