Gin + Cranberry
10 recipes mention both · top 16% of pairs
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Do gin and cranberry go together?
A few recipes mention both. 10 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 44 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 16% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.
Add a third ingredient
- Orange: the best fit for both, top 12% of pairs with gin, top 2% with cranberry.
- Lime: top 8% of pairs with gin, top 4% with cranberry.
- Cinnamon: top 15% of pairs with gin, top 3% with cranberry.
- Raspberry: top 15% of pairs with gin, top 3% with cranberry.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with gin and cranberry
Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 2 carry a course label; all 2 are drinks.
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 10 includes every recipe our index matched to both foods, some through an alternative or a related ingredient. This list shows only recipes whose ingredient lines name both. Open a few to see how they are used.
Can you swap one for the other?
No. Gin and cranberry are different kinds of food, so neither stands in for the other, whatever molecules they share. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. 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 gin's flavor molecules (44 of 56) also occur in cranberry. Among the shared key aromas are nonanal (fat, citrus) and beta-pinene (pine, resin). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
All 44 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 12 only in gin and the 290 only in cranberry.
Gin and cranberry questions
Do gin and cranberry go together?
10 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 44 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 16% of random ingredient pairs.
What do gin and cranberry have in common?
More than half of gin's flavor molecules (44 of 56) also occur in cranberry. Among the shared key aromas are nonanal (fat, citrus) and beta-pinene (pine, resin). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
What goes with gin and cranberry?
Orange is the best third ingredient: top 12% of pairs with gin and top 2% with cranberry. Lime and cinnamon also fit both.
What can you make with gin and cranberry?
Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 2 carry a course label; all 2 are drinks. Common dishes include Cranberry Gin Fizz, Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz with Thyme, Cranberry Mint Cocktail, Mulled pear & cranberry punch.
Can I use cranberry instead of gin?
No. Gin and cranberry are different kinds of food, so neither stands in for the other, whatever molecules they share. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. 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
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Gin vs Cranberry. https://compkitchen.com/compare/gin-vs-cranberry. Accessed 2026-11-15.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Gin vs Cranberry},
author = {{CompKitchen}},
year = {2026},
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.