A flavor eigenstate is a state with a definite flavor label in the specified interaction or flavor-charge basis. For neutral kaons, and have definite opposite strangeness. Weak interactions mix them, so these flavor states are not the mass eigenstates. The precise flavor basis must be specified when discussing mixing.

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