Geosmin
Earthyforest floor
Geosmin is an aroma compound in the earthy family, recognizable as forest floor. It shows up in 8 ingredients in the escoff catalog.
01At a glance
Aroma familyEarthy
Wheel noteforest floor
Found in8 ingredients
PotencyExtraordinarily potent; detectable at trace levels.
02What it smells like
Damp earth after rain — beetroot and forest floor.
03Also found in· 4
beetcatfishtap watersoil
04In the kitchen
The earthy note of beets; a squeeze of lemon suppresses it when you don't want it.
05Where it sits
Aroma family
forest floor
06Found in these ingredients· 8
Beet
vegetable
Tripe
protein
Catfish
protein
Pearl Barley
grain
Wood Ear Mushrooms
vegetable
Beet Juice
vegetable
Red Beet
vegetable
Unagi
protein
07Other earthy compounds· 24