Lime + Cherry tomato
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 9 recipes, and they share 197 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.
Do lime and cherry tomato go together?
Yes. 9 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 197 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 7% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything cherry tomato carries, lime has too: 197 of cherry tomato's 225 flavor molecules also occur in lime. Among the shared key aromas are nonanal (fat, citrus) and coumarin (sweet, hay).
What each one brings
lime
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for cherry tomato. It carries 102 molecules cherry tomato doesn't have.
cherry tomato
The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for lime. It carries 28 molecules lime doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Avocado: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lime, top 4% with cherry tomato.
- Lemon grass: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 9% with cherry tomato.
- Jicama: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 6% with cherry tomato.
- Coriander: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 12% with cherry tomato.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with lime and cherry tomato
Mostly mains: 13 of the 19 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of cherry tomato's flavor molecules (197 of 225) are also found in lime, but lime has 102 that cherry tomato lacks. Cherry tomato gives you part of lime's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 197 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 102 only in lime and the 28 only in cherry tomato.
Lime and cherry tomato questions
Do lime and cherry tomato go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 9 recipes, and they share 197 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do lime and cherry tomato taste good together?
Almost everything cherry tomato carries, lime has too: 197 of cherry tomato's 225 flavor molecules also occur in lime. Among the shared key aromas are nonanal (fat, citrus) and coumarin (sweet, hay).
What goes with lime and cherry tomato?
Avocado is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lime and top 4% with cherry tomato. Lemon grass and jicama also fit both.
What can you make with lime and cherry tomato?
Mostly mains: 13 of the 19 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Lime Shrimp Kebabs, Aroma Blended Tom Yum Goong, Beef Salad with Chipotle and Avocado, Cantaloupe and Bocconcini Cheese Salad.
Can I use cherry tomato instead of lime?
Only partly. Almost all of cherry tomato's flavor molecules (197 of 225) are also found in lime, but lime has 102 that cherry tomato lacks. Cherry tomato gives you part of lime's character without most of its herbal side. 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 Cherry Tomato. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-cherry-tomato. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Cherry Tomato},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-cherry-tomato},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.