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Sauerkraut combines insistent pungent vegetal notes with brine, kefir and vinegar. A barnyard note lends farmy aroma, with a yeast note adding bready aroma, and kombu dashi and sulphur notes give the profile a nuanced, persistent finish.

Dominant Flavour Families

Sharp
Vegetal
Earthy
Herbal / Herbaceous
Spice

Flavour profile of sauerkraut

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Brassical

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Sauerkraut

BrassicalVegetal

sauerkraut8.7

Green vegetal aroma with pungent, sulfuric-earthy notes typical of brassica vegetables. Strong in sauerkraut.

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