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Pairing

Dates + Raisin

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 358 recipes, and they share 24 flavor molecules: the top 12% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together358 recipes
Ranktop 12% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Dates Raisin
86dates only 24shared 105raisin only Dates · 110 Raisin · 129
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do dates and raisin go together?

Yes. 358 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 24 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 12% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 24 flavor molecules: 22% of dates's 110. Among the shared key aromas are isobutyraldehyde (malty, green) and cis-3-hexenal (green, grassy).

What each one brings

dates

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 21% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for raisin. It carries 86 molecules raisin doesn't have.

raisin

The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for dates. It carries 105 molecules dates doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 7% of pairs with dates, top 1% with raisin.
  • Fig: top 2% of pairs with dates, top 7% with raisin.
  • Almond: top 7% of pairs with dates, top 2% with raisin.
  • Flour: top 16% of pairs with dates, top 1% with raisin.

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

Recipes with dates and raisin

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

Stuffed Dates

See recipes with both →

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: dates has 86 molecules raisin doesn't, and raisin has 105 that dates 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 24 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 86 only in dates and the 105 only in raisin.

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Dates and raisin questions

Do dates and raisin go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 358 recipes, and they share 24 flavor molecules: the top 12% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do dates and raisin taste good together?

They overlap on 24 flavor molecules: 22% of dates's 110. Among the shared key aromas are isobutyraldehyde (malty, green) and cis-3-hexenal (green, grassy).

What goes with dates and raisin?

Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 7% of pairs with dates and top 1% with raisin. Fig and almond also fit both.

What can you make with dates and raisin?

Almost always desserts: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Stuffed Dates.

Can I use raisin instead of dates?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: dates has 86 molecules raisin doesn't, and raisin has 105 that dates 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: Dates vs Raisin. https://compkitchen.com/compare/dates-vs-raisin. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_dates_vs_raisin_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Dates vs Raisin},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/dates-vs-raisin},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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