Cook with wasabi
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About
Wasabi or Japanese horseradish is a plant of the family Brassicaceae, which also includes horseradish and mustard in other genera. The plant is native to Japan, the Russian Far East including Sakhalin, and the Korean Peninsula. It grows naturally along stream beds in mountain river valleys in Japan.
Aroma profile
Derived from flavor compounds · verified measured labels + GNN ensemble predictions
0×50
1×17
2×13
3×4
vegetables×3
minty×3
foul×2
green×2
Flavor compounds
60 compounds identified — FoodAtlas / FooDB verified
7-methylthioheptanonitrile6-methylthiohexanonitrile6-methyl-sulfinyl-hexyl-isothiocyanatemyrosinasesinigringlucocapparinglucoputranjivinglucobrassicanapin4-pentenyl-isothiocyanateallyl-isothiocyanate(24e)-3α,7α,12α-trihydroxy-5β-cholest-24-enoyl-coa(22α)-hydroxy-sitosterol(+)-cis-abscisic aldehyde
Molecular pairings
Pairs well with — computed from shared flavor compounds
Source & License
Source
Wikidata
License
CC0
Source page
Imported
6/3/2026, 4:28:42 AM
Verification
Multi-layer verified