Starch
Earthy
Starch is an aroma compound in the earthy family. It shows up in 103 ingredients in the escoff catalog.
01At a glance
Aroma familyEarthy
Wheel note—
Found in103 ingredients
PotencyEssentially no aroma; functional.
02What it smells like
Neutral, faintly cereal.
03Also found in· 4
potatoricewheatcorn
04In the kitchen
Thickens and gels when heated with water — the backbone of sauces and baking.
05Where it sits
Aroma family
06Found in these ingredients· 103
Potato
vegetable
Cauliflower
vegetable
Corn
vegetable
Sweet Potato
vegetable
Peas
vegetable
Pumpkin
vegetable
Parsnip
vegetable
Turnip
vegetable
Acorn Squash
vegetable
Spaghetti Squash
vegetable
Water Chestnuts
vegetable
Taro
vegetable
Cassava
vegetable
Jicama
vegetable
All-Purpose Flour
grain
Rolled Oats
grain
Quick Oats
grain
Yellow Cornmeal
grain
07Other earthy compounds· 24