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Black raspberry + Orange

Promising but untested: they share 198 flavor molecules (moderate aroma overlap), yet only 5 recipes use both. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together5 recipes
Ranktop 16% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Black raspberry Orange
2black raspberry only 198shared 268orange only Black raspberry · 200 Orange · 466
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do black raspberry and orange go together?

Possibly. 5 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 198 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 16% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything black raspberry carries, orange has too: 198 of black raspberry's 200 flavor molecules also occur in orange. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What each one brings

black raspberry

The tartness. Sour notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for orange. It carries 2 molecules orange doesn't have.

orange

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 13% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for black raspberry. It carries 268 molecules black raspberry doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Jicama: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with black raspberry, top 7% with orange.
  • Cranberry: top 9% of pairs with black raspberry, top 1% with orange.
  • Almond: top 4% of pairs with black raspberry, top 6% with orange.
  • Rhubarb: top 6% of pairs with black raspberry, top 5% with orange.

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

Recipes with black raspberry and orange

Almost always drinks: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are drinks.

Johnny on the Beach

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Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Almost all of black raspberry's flavor molecules (198 of 200) are also found in orange, but orange has 268 that black raspberry lacks. Black raspberry gives you part of orange's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 198 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 2 only in black raspberry and the 268 only in orange.

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Black raspberry and orange questions

Do black raspberry and orange go together?

Promising but untested: they share 198 flavor molecules (moderate aroma overlap), yet only 5 recipes use both. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do black raspberry and orange taste good together?

Almost everything black raspberry carries, orange has too: 198 of black raspberry's 200 flavor molecules also occur in orange. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What goes with black raspberry and orange?

Jicama is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with black raspberry and top 7% with orange. Cranberry and almond also fit both.

What can you make with black raspberry and orange?

Almost always drinks: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are drinks. Common dishes include Johnny on the Beach.

Can I use orange instead of black raspberry?

Only partly. Almost all of black raspberry's flavor molecules (198 of 200) are also found in orange, but orange has 268 that black raspberry lacks. Black raspberry gives you part of orange's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

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: Black Raspberry vs Orange. https://compkitchen.com/compare/black-raspberry-vs-orange. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_black_raspberry_vs_orange_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Black Raspberry vs Orange},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/black-raspberry-vs-orange},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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