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Hops + Raisin

Not a natural pairing: they share little aroma and few recipes use both, which puts them in the bottom 17% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together0 recipes
Rankbottom 17% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Hops Raisin
102hops only 13shared 116raisin only Hops · 115 Raisin · 129
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do hops and raisin go together?

Not really. No recipe in our pairing index uses both, and they share 13 flavor molecules. That places them in the bottom 17% of every ingredient pair we score.

What they have in common

They overlap on 13 flavor molecules: 11% of hops's 115. Among the shared key aromas are 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy) and eugenol (clove, spicy). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What each one brings

hops

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 35% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for raisin. It carries 102 molecules raisin doesn't have.

raisin

The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for hops. It carries 116 molecules hops doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Flour: the best fit for both, top 32% of pairs with hops, top 1% with raisin.
  • Cinnamon: top 33% of pairs with hops, top 1% with raisin.
  • Ginger: top 24% of pairs with hops, top 11% with raisin.
  • Nutmeg: top 37% of pairs with hops, top 6% with raisin.

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

Recipes with hops and raisin

We have no browsable recipe that lists both hops and raisin.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: hops has 102 molecules raisin doesn't, and raisin has 116 that hops 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 13 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 102 only in hops and the 116 only in raisin.

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Hops and raisin questions

Do hops and raisin go together?

Not a natural pairing: they share little aroma and few recipes use both, which puts them in the bottom 17% of all ingredient pairs.

What do hops and raisin have in common?

They overlap on 13 flavor molecules: 11% of hops's 115. Among the shared key aromas are 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy) and eugenol (clove, spicy). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What goes with hops and raisin?

Flour is the best third ingredient: top 32% of pairs with hops and top 1% with raisin. Cinnamon and ginger also fit both.

Can I use raisin instead of hops?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: hops has 102 molecules raisin doesn't, and raisin has 116 that hops 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: Hops vs Raisin. https://compkitchen.com/compare/hops-vs-raisin. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_hops_vs_raisin_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Hops vs Raisin},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/hops-vs-raisin},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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