Lenthionine
Earthyshiitake
Lenthionine is an aroma compound in the earthy family, recognizable as shiitake. It shows up in 6 ingredients in the escoff catalog.
01At a glance
Aroma familyEarthy
Wheel noteshiitake
Found in6 ingredients
PotencyPotent; intensely shiitake.
02What it smells like
Sulfurous, savory mushroom — the smell of dried shiitake.
03Also found in· 2
shiitakeother mushrooms
04In the kitchen
Forms strongly when shiitake are dried and rehydrated; deep umami-sulfur.
05Where it sits
Aroma family
shiitake
06Found in these ingredients· 6
Dried Shiitake Mushrooms
vegetable
Shiitake Mushroom
fungi
Button Mushroom
fungi
Portobello Mushroom
fungi
Mushroom Stem
fungi
Mushroom Garum
condiment
07Other earthy compounds· 24