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Cranberry + Pear

89cranberryonly 245shared 116pear only Cranberry · 334 Pear · 361
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

25 recipes mention both · top 3% of pairs

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Overlap, weighted to rarer moleculesstrong
Mentioned together25 recipes
Ranktop 3% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Cranberry Pear

Do cranberry and pear go together?

Some recipes mention both. 25 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 245 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 3% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.

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  • Apple: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with cranberry, top 1% with pear.
  • Plum: top 4% of pairs with cranberry, top 1% with pear.
  • Peach: top 3% of pairs with cranberry, top 2% with pear.
  • Pineapple: top 3% of pairs with cranberry, top 2% with pear.

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

Recipes with cranberry and pear

Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 2 carry a course label; 1 is drinks.

Cranberry-Pear SmoothieBlushing Cranberry PearsCranberry & Pear SmoothieCranberry & blue cheese tart with pear saladCranberry Pear SorbetCranberry Pear Upside-Down Cake

Some of these have the ingredient list only, without the method. Where we have the original source, the recipe page links to it.

The count of 25 includes every recipe our index matched to both foods, some through an alternative or a related ingredient. This list is shorter because it shows only recipes whose ingredient lines name both. Open a few to see how they are used.

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Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Most of cranberry's flavor molecules (245 of 334) are also found in pear, but pear has 116 that cranberry lacks. Cranberry gives you part of pear's character. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

See the scienceshared molecules, aroma labels and where this pair ranks

What they have in common

More than half of cranberry's flavor molecules (245 of 334) also occur in pear. Among the shared key aromas are anethole (sweet, anise) and 2-hexenal (green, leafy). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

All 245 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 89 only in cranberry and the 116 only in pear.

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Cranberry and pear questions

Do cranberry and pear go together?

25 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 245 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 3% of random ingredient pairs.

What do cranberry and pear have in common?

More than half of cranberry's flavor molecules (245 of 334) also occur in pear. Among the shared key aromas are anethole (sweet, anise) and 2-hexenal (green, leafy). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

What goes with cranberry and pear?

Apple is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with cranberry and top 1% with pear. Plum and peach also fit both.

What can you make with cranberry and pear?

Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 2 carry a course label; 1 is drinks. Common dishes include Cranberry-Pear Smoothie, Blushing Cranberry Pears, Cranberry & Pear Smoothie, Cranberry & blue cheese tart with pear salad.

Can I use pear instead of cranberry?

Only partly. Most of cranberry's flavor molecules (245 of 334) are also found in pear, but pear has 116 that cranberry lacks. Cranberry gives you part of pear's character. 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
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Cranberry vs Pear. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cranberry-vs-pear. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_cranberry_vs_pear_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Cranberry vs Pear},
  author = {{CompKitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cranberry-vs-pear},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-13}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.