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 |