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Currant + Rose

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 494 recipes, and they share 5 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together494 recipes
Ranktop 11% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Currant Rose
38currant only 5shared 68rose only Currant · 43 Rose · 73
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do currant and rose go together?

Yes. 494 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 5 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 11% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 5 flavor molecules: 12% of currant's 43. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and nonanal (fat, citrus). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What each one brings

currant

The tartness. Sour notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for rose. It carries 38 molecules rose doesn't have.

rose

The woody side. Woody notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for currant. It carries 68 molecules currant doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Red currant: the best fit for both, top 5% of pairs with currant, top 14% with rose.
  • Raspberry: top 10% of pairs with currant, top 10% with rose.
  • Allspice: top 10% of pairs with currant, top 14% with rose.
  • Orange: top 15% of pairs with currant, top 10% with rose.

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

Recipes with currant and rose

We have no browsable recipe that lists both currant and rose.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: currant has 38 molecules rose doesn't, and rose has 68 that currant 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 5 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 38 only in currant and the 68 only in rose.

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Currant and rose questions

Do currant and rose go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 494 recipes, and they share 5 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do currant and rose taste good together?

They overlap on 5 flavor molecules: 12% of currant's 43. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and nonanal (fat, citrus). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What goes with currant and rose?

Red currant is the best third ingredient: top 5% of pairs with currant and top 14% with rose. Raspberry and allspice also fit both.

Can I use rose instead of currant?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: currant has 38 molecules rose doesn't, and rose has 68 that currant 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.

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: Currant vs Rose. https://compkitchen.com/compare/currant-vs-rose. Accessed 2026-11-03.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_currant_vs_rose_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Currant vs Rose},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/currant-vs-rose},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}

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