Cabbage + Almond
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 42 recipes, and they share 236 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Do cabbage and almond go together?
Yes. 42 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 236 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 15% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything almond carries, cabbage has too: 236 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in cabbage. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What each one brings
cabbage
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for almond. It carries 155 molecules almond doesn't have.
almond
The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 14% for cabbage. It carries 45 molecules cabbage doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Broccoli: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with cabbage, top 2% with almond.
- Beetroot: top 4% of pairs with cabbage, top 2% with almond.
- Chestnut: top 6% of pairs with cabbage, top 1% with almond.
- Lettuce: top 4% of pairs with cabbage, top 4% with almond.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with cabbage and almond
Spread across courses: mains lead with 2 of the 5 recipes with a course label, then salads (2).
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of almond's flavor molecules (236 of 281) are also found in cabbage, but cabbage has 155 that almond lacks. Almond gives you part of cabbage's character without most of its sulfurous side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 236 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 155 only in cabbage and the 45 only in almond.
Cabbage and almond questions
Do cabbage and almond go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 42 recipes, and they share 236 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do cabbage and almond taste good together?
Almost everything almond carries, cabbage has too: 236 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in cabbage. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What goes with cabbage and almond?
Broccoli is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with cabbage and top 2% with almond. Beetroot and chestnut also fit both.
What can you make with cabbage and almond?
Spread across courses: mains lead with 2 of the 5 recipes with a course label, then salads (2). Common dishes include Chinese Napa Cabbage Salad, Chinese Ramen Noodle Salad, Chow Chow, Mixed Pickled Vegetables (Acar Campur).
Can I use almond instead of cabbage?
Only partly. Most of almond's flavor molecules (236 of 281) are also found in cabbage, but cabbage has 155 that almond lacks. Almond gives you part of cabbage's character without most of its sulfurous side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
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
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Cabbage vs Almond. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cabbage-vs-almond. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Cabbage vs Almond},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cabbage-vs-almond},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.