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Primary (First) - onion
 allium fistulosum oil
 odor: sulfurous onion
FL allium porrum extract
 odor: alliaceous onion
 flavor: alliaceous onion
FL allyl disulfide
 odor: Alliceous, onion and garlic-like with metallic nuances
 flavor: Green onion and garlic-Iike with meaty nuances
FL allyl disulfide
 odor: Alliceous, onion and garlic-like with metallic nuances
 flavor: Green onion and garlic-Iike with meaty nuances
 allyl propanesulfinate
 odor: sour pickled onion, drying out to a garlic character
 flavor: raw chopped cabbage
FLisoamyl mercaptan
 odor: sulfurous onion green onion garlic
 cyclopentyl propanesulfinate
 odor: sweet onion
 flavor: sweet taste of steamed onions
FL diallyl trisulfide
 odor: garlic green onion metallic
 flavor: sulfurous green onion garlic metallic
FL diisoamyl disulfide
FL ethyl 3-(methyl thio)-(E)-2-propenoate
FL furfuryl methyl sulfide
 odor: Onion garlic, sulfuraceous, with a pungent vegetable horseradish nuance
 flavor: Sulfuraceous, garlic, eggy with a horseradish mustard nuance
FL4-mercapto-2-butanone
 odor: sulfurous onion
FL3-mercaptohexanal
2-mercaptopyrimidine
 odor: penetrating sharp green onions
 flavor: burning onions
FL4-methyl-2-(methyl thiomethyl)-2-hexenal
 odor: onion meaty soup
 methyl propanesulfinate
 odor: cooked onion with fruity and light sweet aroma backnotes
 flavor: sweet onion juice character with a burning sensation
FL/FR onion oil
 odor: obnoxious sulfide onion
 flavor: alliaceous onion
FL/FR onion oil CO2 extract
 odor: obnoxious sulfide onion
 flavor: onion
FL/FR onion oil dutch
 odor: obnoxious sulfide onion
 flavor: onion
FL/FR onion oil egypt
 odor: obnoxious sulfide onion
 flavor: onion
FL/FR onion oil mexico
 flavor: onion
FL onion oleoresin
 flavor: onion
 propyl methanesulfinate
 odor: green onion, cabbage, with a note of surface-ripened cheese
 propyl propanesulfinate
 odor: sweet fresh onion juice
 flavor: strong onion
FL shallot oil
 odor: alliaceous sulfurous onion
 flavor: Sweet, sulfureous, alliaceous, pungent with a toasted-onion nuance
FL/FR4-tropical oxathiane
 odor: onion garlic which developed into fruity and sweet notes with exotic characters of lychee fruit and Asian pear
 flavor: pineapple milky mango grape citrus bubble gum melon orangeflower cassis alliaceous bacon
Secondary (Second) - onion
FL allyl propyl sulfide
 odor: alliaceous green onion garlic
FL allyl sulfide
 odor: Pungent, sulfurous, onion-garlic and horseradish-like with a metallic nuance
 flavor: Sulfurous, onion-garlic and vegetative radish-like with a slightly hot nuance
FL allyl thiopropionate
 odor: Fresh onion garlic-like with green gassy nuances
 flavor: Fresh onion with a green sweet vegetable nuance
FLisoamyl mercaptan
 odor: sulfurous onion green onion garlic
FL amyl methyl disulfide
FL benzyl mercaptan
 odor: Sharp, sulfuraceous, onion, garlic, horseradish, mint and coffee
 flavor: Leek, horseradish, cabbage, green, tomato and coffee
FL butyl ethyl disulfide
 odor: sulfurous cooked onion garlic
2-cyclohexyl-4-methyl-1,3-oxathiane
 odor: citrus, onion, herbaceous, dry wood slight tropical, slight onion
FL cyclopentyl mercaptan
 odor: Alliaceous, onion, garlic, horseradish, vegetable-celery, egg, sauteed meat
 flavor: Alliaceous, onion, garlic, horseradish, meat, egg, burned, vegetable, celery
FL dicyclohexyl disulfide
 odor: Alliaceous, onion, egg, nut skin, coffee, clam, crab and coffee
 flavor: Onion, meaty, clam, crab, coffee and cocoa
4-(3,3-dimethyl bicyclo(2.2.1)hept-2-yl)-1,5-dimethyl-2-oxabicyclo(2.2.2)octane
 odor: woody and onion
3,5-dimethyl-1,2-dithiolane
 odor: sulfurous onion cooked onion
 flavor: cooked onion cooked vegetable nutty
FL/FR dimethyl sulfide
 odor: sulfury onion sweet corn vegetable cabbage tomato green radish
 flavor: Sulfurous, vegetative tomato, corn and asparagus with a dairy creaminess and a slight minty afternote
1,3-dithiolane
 odor: sweet sulfurous onion
 flavor: sweet sulfurous ripe onion
FL ethyl 3-(furfuryl thio) propionate
 odor: Onion, garlic, sulfuraceous, coffee and vegetable notes
 flavor: Roasted, nutty, coffee, with graham cracker-like undernotes
FL/FRtrans-galbanum oxathiane
 odor: sulfurous green onion garlic tropical
FL garlic oleoresin
 odor: Roasted, onion, garlic, with sulfury savory HVP-like nuances
 flavor: Burnt, roasted, sauteed, onion and garlic
FL heptyl mercaptan
 odor: sulfurous onion
FL3-mercapto-2-butanone
 odor: sulfurous onion roasted gassy meaty
 flavor: Roasted meat, sulfurous and alliaceous with nuances of cabbage, coffee and pot roast with fatty drippings
FL4-mercapto-3-methyl-2-butanol
 odor: sulfurous onion savory meaty fruity
FL3-mercapto-2-methyl pentanol
 odor: sulfurous onion
 flavor: alliaceous brothy burnt cooked meaty metallic roasted sulfurous
2-mercaptopyrimidine
 odor: penetrating sharp green onions
 flavor: burning onions
FL methionol
 odor: SuIfureous and onion-like with a sweet, savory, soupy-cooked vegetable nuance
 flavor: Onion- and garlic-like, with a savory bouillion-like note
FL/FR2-methyl 5-(methyl thio) furan
 odor: Sulfureous, onion, garlic, coffee and mustard-like with pungent horseradish and peppery nuances
 flavor: Musty, mustard, onion, garlic, mushroom, coffee and savory nuances
FL methyl propyl trisulfide
 odor: Sulfureous, onion, garlic, green, metallic and clean with a cooked scallion nuance
 flavor: Onion, garlic, fresh and metallic with a cheese nuance
 methyl thiocyanate
FL/FR2-(methyl thio) phenol
 odor: meaty onion garlic sulfurous eggy
 flavor: meaty
FL1,1-propane dithiol
 odor: sulfurous cooked onion savory
FL propenyl propyl disulfide
 odor: sulfurous cooked onion
FLisopropyl disulfide
 odor: alliaceous onion meaty sulfurous cabbage
FLisopropyl mercaptan
 odor: strong ripe onion gassy meaty sulfurous
 flavor: Soft-boiled egg yolk, hydrogen sulfide, rich mouth feel, strong poultry, leek and onion-like
FL propyl thioacetate
 odor: Sulfureous green onion, garlic, scallion, green fresh, vegetative
 flavor: Onion, garlic sulfureous, alliaceous with a fresh green nuance
FL2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,5-trithiane
 odor: sulfurous green onion
FL2,3,5-trithiahexane
 odor: strong sulfurous onion
Tertiary (Third) - onion
FL allyl propyl disulfide
 odor: alliaceous garlic green onion
FL diallyl polysulfides
 odor: garlic onion
 flavor: sulfurous
FL diallyl tetrasulfide
 odor: strong garlic onion
 flavor: sulfurous
FL diallyl trisulfide
 odor: garlic green onion metallic
 flavor: sulfurous green onion garlic metallic
FL diethyl disulfide
 odor: gassy ripe onion greasy garlic
 flavor: gassy onion
FL diethyl trisulfide
 odor: sulfurous garlic onion
FL/FR dimethyl trisulfide
 odor: Sulfureous, alliaceous, cooked, savory, meaty, eggy and vegetative with a fresh, green, onion topnote
 flavor: Sulfureous, alliaceous, gassy, savory and meaty with a fresh, vegetative nuance
FL/FR dipropyl disulfide
 odor: Sulfureous, alliaceous, fresh, green onion, scallion and metallic with a slight tropical nuance
 flavor: Alliaceous, sulfureous, green, vegetative and asafetida nuances
FL dipropyl sulfide
FL dipropyl trisulfide
 odor: Sulfureous, alliaceous, pungent, green and onion-like with slight tropical and vegetative nuances
 flavor: Alliaceous, sulfureous, green and garlic-like with a tin-like metallic undernote and with minty and tropical nuances
1,3-dithiolane
 odor: sweet sulfurous onion
 flavor: sweet sulfurous ripe onion
FL/FR ethyl 2-mercaptopropionate
 odor: sulfury meaty green onion
 flavor: onion cooked garlic
FL ethyl methyl trisulfide
 odor: alliaceous garlic green onion
FL ethyl propyl disulfide
 odor: alliaceous garlic green onion
FLS-ethyl thioacetate
 odor: Sulfuraceous, fruity, onion / garlic with meaty nuances
 flavor: Sulfuraceous, onion / garlic with a sweet fruity aftertaste
FL/FR ferula assa-foetida absolute
 odor: garlic onion sweet balsam
 flavor: asafetida sulfurous
FL furfuryl thiopropionate
 odor: Sulfureous, coffee-like, onion and garlic, with a sauteed savory nuance
 flavor: Sulfureous, coffee, onion and garlic-like with meaty savory roast nuances
FL leek oil
 odor: sulfurous alliaceous onion
 flavor: sulfurous alliaceous leek
FL methyl butyl sulfide
 odor: sulfurous garlic onion vegetable
FL/FRO-methyl S-1-methoxyhexan-3-yl carbonothioate
 odor: sulfurous mushroom onion green fatty fruity mango passion fruit blackcurrant
 flavor: fresh dark roasted
FL methyl 2-(methyl thio) butyrate
 odor: sulfurous musty onion fruity tropical green
 flavor: sulfury savory eggy vegetable onion fruity tropical
4-methyl-2-[2-(methyl thio)ethyl]-1,3-oxathiane
 odor: powerful garlic, animalic, onion, green, herbaceous potato, raw, vegetable
FL2-methyl thioacetaldehyde
 odor: Sulfureous, vegatative, onion, garlic, mustard and nutty with a potato nuance
 flavor: Alliaceous and vegetative with a good mouthfeel and onion and garlic-like with a potato and bready nuance
FL methyl thiomethyl butyrate
 odor: Sulfureous, musty, onion, savory, fruity and tropical with vegetative nuances
 flavor: Sulfureous, savory, eggy, vegetative and onion with fruity, tropical nuances
FL2-methyl thiophene
 odor: sulfurous alliaceous onion roasted green
 flavor: sulfurous roasted green cabbage onion bitter
FLortho-thiocresol
 odor: Meaty,sulfuraceous, onion, garlic, egg, chemical, rubber, naphthyl and musty
 flavor: Meaty, onion, garlic, chemical and metallic
FL2,4,6-triethyl tetrahydro-1,3,5-dithiazine
 odor: alliaceous roasted fried onion leek fatty scallion
 flavor: savory meaty
Quaternary (Fourth) - onion
FL allyl mercaptan
 odor: Sulfurous and alliaceous, sauteed onion and garlic, roasted, grilled and charred meaty nuances
 flavor: Alliaceous onion, garlic and leek. It has meaty bouillon savory nuances
FL allyl methyl disulfide
 odor: alliaceous garlic green onion
FL allyl methyl sulfide
 odor: alliaceous garlic onion
 flavor: sulfurous alliaceous onion savory
FL allyl propyl trisulfide
 odor: sulfurous alliaceous garlic onion
FL butyl mercaptan
 odor: Sulfureous, fatty, stewed beef, sauteed onion, egg, coffee and garlic
 flavor: Sulfureous, vegetative, savory meaty, garlic and onion
FL/FR dimethyl disulfide
 odor: sulfurous vegetable cabbage onion
 flavor: sulfurous cabbage, malt, cream
FL(Z+E)-2,5-dimethyl-3-tetrahydrofuran thiol
 odor: sulfury roasted meat onion
FL(Z+E)-2,5-dimethyl-3-thioacetoxytetrahydrofuran
 odor: sulfury roasted meat onion
FL ethyl propyl trisulfide
 odor: alliaceous garlic green onion
FL/FR ferula assa-foetida gum oil
 odor: Sulfureous, alliaceous, savory, green onion and resinous with a vegetative note
 flavor: Alliaceous, sulfureous, savory, metallic, woody, green and pungent
FL2-heptane thiol
 odor: pungent sulfurous sweaty skunky onion vegetable
FL3-mercapto-3-methyl butyl formate
 odor: sulfurous catty caramelised onion; roast coffee, roast meat, with a tropical nuance on dilution
(R)-mercapto-3-methyl hexan-1-ol
 odor: grapefruit passion fruit blackcurrant onion
FLbis(1-mercaptopropyl) sulfide
 odor: alliaceous fruity garlic green onion
FLbis(2-methyl-3-furyl) disulfide
 odor: Sulfurous, strong roasted meaty with a note reminiscent of sulfurol, savory, au jus and chicken nuances
 flavor: Strong meaty, sulfurous, brothy with a hint of thiamin, roasted savory, with nuances of cooked onion, sauteed garlic and black pepper
FL methyl 2-methyl-3-furyl disulfide
 odor: Sulfureous, meaty, vegetative and chemical-like with onion and roasted beef nuances
 flavor: SuIfureous, meaty, vegetative, brothy and savory with a metallic nuance
FL methyl 2-thiofuroate
 odor: milky creamy fried cooked onion
 flavor: cabbage
FL prenyl mercaptan
 odor: sulfurous smoke leek onion skunky
FL/FR propyl mercaptan
 odor: cabbage natural gas sweet onion
 flavor: alliaceous fresh meaty onion sulfurous
Quinary (Fifth) - onion
FL allyl methyl trisulfide
 odor: alliaceous creamy garlic onion
FL1,3-butane dithiol
 odor: Garlic, meaty sulfurous, roasted garlic and onion, spicy, with nutty nuances
 flavor: Garlic, mushroom, bloody metallic, roasted burnt rubber nuances, HVP and meaty, garlic
FL1,4-dithiane
 odor: Seafood-like, solvent, garlic and onion, pyridine like
 flavor: Seafood-like, clam and oyster fermented garlic and onion, mushroom and turkey
FL/FR ethyl vinyl ketone
 odor: Pungent, etherial, lifting, peppery, garlic, mustard and onion
 flavor: Pungent, etherial, peppery, garlic, onion, fishy and mustard with a hot nuance
FL(R,S)-2-mercapto-3-butanol
 odor: SuIfureous, roasted meat, alliaceous, sauteed onion and garlic
 flavor: Meaty, savory, sauteed onion and garlic
FL/FR methyl furfuryl disulfide
 odor: Roasted coffee, sulfurous cooked meat and liver, onion and garlic nuances. Slight eggy undertones
 flavor: Roasted coffee, toasted onion and garlic, with roasted beef and fried pork nuances
FL methyl 4-(methyl thio) butyrate
 odor: sulfury cabbage fruity pineapple cheese
 flavor: sulfurous garlic green onion chive green cheesy
FL2-(methyl thio) methyl-2-butenal
 odor: burnt matches cooked cabbage roasted onion
FL peanut dithiazine
 odor: peanut meaty cocoa
Senary (Sixth) - onion
FLalpha-benzylidene methional
 odor: vegetative sauerkraut, kimchi, cabbage, soy beans, green onion nuances
 flavor: Vegetative sauerkraut, kimchi, cabbage, soy beans, green onion nuances
FL/FR coffee difuran
 odor: Sulfurous, coffee, furfuryl mercaptan, roasted, meaty, onion and cabbage, potato
 flavor: Sulfurous, coffee, roasted meaty, onion
FL methyl benzyl disulfide
 odor: Sulfureous cabbage-like, vegetative with a green metallic nuance
 flavor: Sulfureous, vegetative, metallic, green, with an onion nuance
Septenary (Seventh) - onion
FL2-acetyl-2-thiazoline
 odor: corn chip taco potato chip toasted bread nutty
 flavor: Taco chips, slightly popcorn, toasted and roasted grain, salty impression
FL/FRcis-galbanum oxathiane
 odor: sulfurous green galbanum fruity tropical pineapple
 flavor: green nasturtium chrysanthemum galbanum earthy lettuce tropical cabbage
FL/FR meaty dithiane
 odor: pork lamb chicken savory bouillon onion
 flavor: meaty pork
FL/FR methyl 3-(methyl thio) propionate
 odor: Sulfureous, vegetative, pungent, rooty, tomato, horseradish, onion and garlic
 flavor: alliaceous fruity garlic green mango papaya pineapple horseradish
FR1,3-oxathiane, 2-ethyl-4,4-dimethyl-
 odor: herbal sage tagette cassis minty sulfury onion
Octonary (Eighth) - onion
FL/FR dimethyl trisulfide
 odor: Sulfureous, alliaceous, cooked, savory, meaty, eggy and vegetative with a fresh, green, onion topnote
 flavor: Sulfureous, alliaceous, gassy, savory and meaty with a fresh, vegetative nuance
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