Flavor reference for foods, drinks and spices

An online flavor reference: what fruits, cheeses, spices, wines, fish and hundreds of other foods taste, smell and feel like. Each card opens with a taste passport and goes on to culinary uses, nutrition, safety warnings and religious dietary notes. Search by name or pick a taste — sweet, umami, astringent and more.

How to use the reference

1
Find a food

Type its name in any of the site languages, or pick a category.

2
Or pick a taste

Tap Sweet, Umami or Smoky to keep only foods with that taste; tastes can be combined.

3
Open the card

The taste passport is at the top, the details in the sections below. Copy the link to share a card.

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What you get

A taste passport on every card
Three lines at the top — taste, aroma, texture — tell you what to expect before you read the whole entry.
Search by taste
Taste filters from sweet and umami to astringent and smoky combine with each other, with the category and with the search box.
Facts checked against sources
Nutrition figures are checked against USDA FoodData Central, safety warnings against FDA, CDC, NHS and EFSA guidance.
Cards in every site language
Pick the card language separately from the site language; book references stay in the original.

Frequently asked questions

How accurate are the descriptions?

The cards come from the Tasterium site and were checked again in October 2026: facts and warnings against sources such as USDA, FDA, CDC, NHS and EFSA, nutrition figures against food composition databases. A taste description sums up how people who know the food describe it. If you spot a mistake, send it through "Suggest a flavor".

Can a card tell me whether a food is halal or kosher?

The dietary notes are for reference. Where schools or authorities disagree, the card says so; for a packaged product, its certification and your own religious authority decide.

How do I find a food by taste rather than by name?

Tap a taste in the Taste row — for example Umami and Smoky together. The search box understands tastes too: type "astringent".

The food I need is missing — what can I do?

Tap "Suggest a flavor", or just type the name: when nothing is found, the form opens by itself. We read every request and add foods to the reference from them.

Where do the photos come from?

From Wikimedia Commons, freely licensed only; the author and license are shown under each photo. Where there is no free photo, the card shows the category icon instead.

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