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Apple + Myrtle

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 16 recipes, and they share 16 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together16 recipes
Ranktop 25% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Apple Myrtle
506apple only 16shared 44myrtle only Apple · 522 Myrtle · 60
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do apple and myrtle go together?

Yes. 16 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 16 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 25% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 16 flavor molecules: 27% of myrtle's 60. Among the shared key aromas are eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal) and methyl butyrate (fruity, apple). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What each one brings

apple

The tartness. Sour notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 0% for myrtle. It carries 506 molecules myrtle doesn't have.

myrtle

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 42% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for apple. It carries 44 molecules apple doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Clove: the best fit for both, top 6% of pairs with apple, top 15% with myrtle.
  • Apricot: top 2% of pairs with apple, top 24% with myrtle.
  • Strawberry: top 3% of pairs with apple, top 23% with myrtle.
  • Rosemary: top 16% of pairs with apple, top 7% with myrtle.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with apple and myrtle

We have no browsable recipe that lists both apple and myrtle.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: apple has 506 molecules myrtle doesn't, and myrtle has 44 that apple doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 16 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 506 only in apple and the 44 only in myrtle.

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Apple and myrtle questions

Do apple and myrtle go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 16 recipes, and they share 16 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do apple and myrtle taste good together?

They overlap on 16 flavor molecules: 27% of myrtle's 60. Among the shared key aromas are eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal) and methyl butyrate (fruity, apple). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What goes with apple and myrtle?

Clove is the best third ingredient: top 6% of pairs with apple and top 15% with myrtle. Apricot and strawberry also fit both.

Can I use myrtle instead of apple?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: apple has 506 molecules myrtle doesn't, and myrtle has 44 that apple doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Apple vs Myrtle. https://compkitchen.com/compare/apple-vs-myrtle. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_apple_vs_myrtle_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Apple vs Myrtle},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/apple-vs-myrtle},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.