Lime + Apricot
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 95 recipes, and they share 241 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Do lime and apricot go together?
Yes. 95 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 241 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything lime carries, apricot has too: 241 of lime's 299 flavor molecules also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are decanal (soap, orange peel) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What each one brings
lime
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for apricot. It carries 58 molecules apricot doesn't have.
apricot
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 23% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for lime. It carries 141 molecules lime doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Coriander: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lime, top 13% with apricot.
- Mango: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 5% with apricot.
- Cardamom: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 7% with apricot.
- Pomegranate: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 8% with apricot.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with lime and apricot
Mostly drinks: 9 of the 18 recipes with a course label are drinks.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of lime's flavor molecules (241 of 299) are also found in apricot, but apricot has 141 that lime lacks. Lime gives you part of apricot's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 241 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 58 only in lime and the 141 only in apricot.
Lime and apricot questions
Do lime and apricot go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 95 recipes, and they share 241 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do lime and apricot taste good together?
Almost everything lime carries, apricot has too: 241 of lime's 299 flavor molecules also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are decanal (soap, orange peel) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What goes with lime and apricot?
Coriander is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lime and top 13% with apricot. Mango and cardamom also fit both.
What can you make with lime and apricot?
Mostly drinks: 9 of the 18 recipes with a course label are drinks. Common dishes include Apricot Lime-Glazed Salmon, Apricot Aperitif, Apricot Aperitif II, Bacon‑Wrapped Sausage Coins with Apricot Dipping Sauce.
Can I use apricot instead of lime?
Only partly. Most of lime's flavor molecules (241 of 299) are also found in apricot, but apricot has 141 that lime lacks. Lime gives you part of apricot's character without most of its fruit. 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: Lime vs Apricot. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-apricot. Accessed 2026-11-05.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_lime_vs_apricot_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Apricot},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-apricot},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.