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Mace + Myrtle

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 6 recipes, and they share 22 flavor molecules: the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together6 recipes
Ranktop 16% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Mace Myrtle
12mace only 22shared 38myrtle only Mace · 34 Myrtle · 60
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do mace and myrtle go together?

Yes. 6 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 22 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 16% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

More than half of mace's flavor molecules (22 of 34) also occur in myrtle. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

What each one brings

mace

The spice. Spicy notes make up 19% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for myrtle. It carries 12 molecules myrtle doesn't have.

myrtle

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 42% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 31% for mace. It carries 38 molecules mace doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Clove: the best fit for both, top 6% of pairs with mace, top 15% with myrtle.
  • Nutmeg: top 4% of pairs with mace, top 20% with myrtle.
  • Rosemary: top 18% of pairs with mace, top 7% with myrtle.
  • Marjoram: top 12% of pairs with mace, top 14% with myrtle.

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

Recipes with mace and myrtle

We have no browsable recipe that lists both mace and myrtle.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mace has 12 molecules myrtle doesn't, and myrtle has 38 that mace 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 22 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 12 only in mace and the 38 only in myrtle.

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Mace and myrtle questions

Do mace and myrtle go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 6 recipes, and they share 22 flavor molecules: the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do mace and myrtle taste good together?

More than half of mace's flavor molecules (22 of 34) also occur in myrtle. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

What goes with mace and myrtle?

Clove is the best third ingredient: top 6% of pairs with mace and top 15% with myrtle. Nutmeg and rosemary also fit both.

Can I use myrtle instead of mace?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mace has 12 molecules myrtle doesn't, and myrtle has 38 that mace 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: Mace vs Myrtle. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-myrtle. Accessed 2026-11-06.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_mace_vs_myrtle_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Mace vs Myrtle},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-myrtle},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-06}
}

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