Mustard + Raisin
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 146 recipes, and they share 108 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Do mustard and raisin go together?
Yes. 146 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 108 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 15% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything raisin carries, mustard has too: 108 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in mustard. Among the shared key aromas are gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy) and isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
What each one brings
mustard
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 8% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for raisin. It carries 175 molecules raisin doesn't have.
raisin
Much the same character. It carries 21 molecules mustard doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Capers: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with mustard, top 12% with raisin.
- Horseradish: top 1% of pairs with mustard, top 19% with raisin.
- Shallot: top 1% of pairs with mustard, top 10% with raisin.
- Cinnamon: top 7% of pairs with mustard, top 1% with raisin.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with mustard and raisin
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of raisin's flavor molecules (108 of 129) are also found in mustard, but mustard has 175 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of mustard's character without most of its sulfurous side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 108 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 175 only in mustard and the 21 only in raisin.
Mustard and raisin questions
Do mustard and raisin go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 146 recipes, and they share 108 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do mustard and raisin taste good together?
Almost everything raisin carries, mustard has too: 108 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in mustard. Among the shared key aromas are gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy) and isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
What goes with mustard and raisin?
Capers is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with mustard and top 12% with raisin. Horseradish and shallot also fit both.
What can you make with mustard and raisin?
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Peanut Butter Apple Sandwiches.
Can I use raisin instead of mustard?
Only partly. Most of raisin's flavor molecules (108 of 129) are also found in mustard, but mustard has 175 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of mustard's character without most of its sulfurous 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: Mustard vs Raisin. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mustard-vs-raisin. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Mustard vs Raisin},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mustard-vs-raisin},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.