Grape + Mushroom
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 156 recipes, and they share 284 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Do grape and mushroom go together?
Yes. 156 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 284 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of mushroom's flavor molecules (284 of 426) also occur in grape. Among the shared key aromas are 1-hexanal (fruit) and 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
What each one brings
grape
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 23% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 20% for mushroom. It carries 286 molecules mushroom doesn't have.
mushroom
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 5% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for grape. It carries 142 molecules grape doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Apple: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with grape, top 14% with mushroom.
- Thyme: top 10% of pairs with grape, top 5% with mushroom.
- Plum: top 5% of pairs with grape, top 10% with mushroom.
- Pineapple: top 3% of pairs with grape, top 13% with mushroom.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with grape and mushroom
Mostly mains: 13 of the 17 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: grape has 286 molecules mushroom doesn't, and mushroom has 142 that grape 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 284 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 286 only in grape and the 142 only in mushroom.
Grape and mushroom questions
Do grape and mushroom go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 156 recipes, and they share 284 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do grape and mushroom taste good together?
More than half of mushroom's flavor molecules (284 of 426) also occur in grape. Among the shared key aromas are 1-hexanal (fruit) and 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
What goes with grape and mushroom?
Apple is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with grape and top 14% with mushroom. Thyme and plum also fit both.
What can you make with grape and mushroom?
Mostly mains: 13 of the 17 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Chicken stuffed with Mushrooms, Raisins and Prunes, Mushroom Tagine, Persian Stuffed Grape Leaves, Butterfly Bites.
Can I use mushroom instead of grape?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: grape has 286 molecules mushroom doesn't, and mushroom has 142 that grape 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
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: Grape vs Mushroom. https://compkitchen.com/compare/grape-vs-mushroom. Accessed 2026-11-07.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Grape vs Mushroom},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/grape-vs-mushroom},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.