Table 2.

Categorisation of 62 flavour descriptors into eight flavour categories

Category	Flavour descriptors
Fruit	Almond Apple Apricot/peach Banana Berry/blueberry Cherry	Citrus Coconut Fruit Grape Lime Mango	Orange Pear Pineapple Raspberry Strawberry Tropical
Spice	Aniseed Camphor	Cinnamon Clove	Spicy
Herb	Herbal
Alcohol	Alcoholic/phenolic- medicinal/turpentine	Balsamic Chemical	Cognac/rum/wine Ethereal
Menthol	Cool/fresh	Mint/menthol	Wintergreen
Sweet	Caramel Cocoa Coffee	Honey Nut/hazelnut Plum	Sweet Vanilla
Floral	Floral
Miscellaneous	Baked/cooked potato Bitter Bread Burnt Butter/buttermilk Coumarin/hay Cheesy Corn	Cream/yoghurt Dry Earthy Fatty Green Maple Mushroom	Oil Pine Roasted Smokey Sour Tobacco Wood