This research explored how selecting different strains of truffle fungi could improve their flavor production. Scientists found that different genetic strains of truffles produce varying levels of flavor compounds, particularly those derived from amino acids. This discovery has important implications for producing better quality truffle flavors for food products. Impacts on everyday life: • Better quality truffle-flavored food products could become available to consumers • Natural truffle flavors could replace synthetic alternatives in food products • More consistent and controlled production of truffle flavors becomes possible • Improved understanding of how fungi produce flavor compounds • Potential for developing new food flavoring techniques