Define Ingredient Flavor Profiles

As a Host, I want to define flavor characteristics for ingredients, So that the system can analyze recipe balance and suggest complementary ingredients.

Acceptance Criteria

• Given I am creating or editing a generic ingredient
• When I define its flavor profile
• Then I can specify characteristics on a scale of 0-10:
  • Sweet
  • Sour
  • Bitter
  • Umami
  • Spicy
  • Herbal
  • Floral
  • Fruity
• And the system uses these profiles to calculate recipe balance
• And I can see a visual representation of the flavor profile (radar chart)

Implementation Status

✅ IMPLEMENTED (December 2025)

Implementation Details

Coverage:

• 100% ingredient coverage (80 ingredients with complete flavor profiles)
• All 8 flavor characteristics defined for each ingredient
• Visual FlavorProfileChart component for display

Files:

• shaker/components/FlavorProfileChart.tsx - Visual chart component
• shaker/types/ingredient.ts - FlavorProfile type definition
• shaker/data/ingredients/index.ts - Flavor profile data

Features:

• FlavorProfileChart component with radar visualization
• Ingredient detail screen displays flavor profiles
• Recipe flavor calculation uses ingredient profiles
• All flavor characteristics (sweet, sour, bitter, umami, spicy, herbal, floral, fruity)

See:

• Flavor Profile Audit for coverage details
• Define Ingredient Flavor Characteristics for detailed story

Note: This story is related to the flavor profiles feature collection.

Priority

Medium - Enables flavor analysis features

Related Entities

• Ingredient, IngredientProfile, FlavorCharacteristic, RecipeBalance