Plum + Cabbage
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 49 recipes, and they share 253 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.
Do plum and cabbage go together?
Yes. 49 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 253 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 14% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of plum's flavor molecules (253 of 381) also occur in cabbage. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine) and 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
What each one brings
plum
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for cabbage. It carries 128 molecules cabbage doesn't have.
cabbage
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for plum. It carries 138 molecules plum doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Pear: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with plum, top 17% with cabbage.
- Apple: top 2% of pairs with plum, top 12% with cabbage.
- Broccoli: top 11% of pairs with plum, top 2% with cabbage.
- Lettuce: top 10% of pairs with plum, top 4% with cabbage.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with plum and cabbage
Almost always mains: 3 of the 3 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 128 molecules cabbage doesn't, and cabbage has 138 that plum 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 253 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 128 only in plum and the 138 only in cabbage.
Plum and cabbage questions
Do plum and cabbage go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 49 recipes, and they share 253 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do plum and cabbage taste good together?
More than half of plum's flavor molecules (253 of 381) also occur in cabbage. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine) and 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
What goes with plum and cabbage?
Pear is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with plum and top 17% with cabbage. Apple and broccoli also fit both.
What can you make with plum and cabbage?
Almost always mains: 3 of the 3 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Four Kinds of Vegetable, Senegalese Mafe, Spring Rolls With Pork and Shrimp - Cantonese.
Can I use cabbage instead of plum?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 128 molecules cabbage doesn't, and cabbage has 138 that plum 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
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: Plum vs Cabbage. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-cabbage. Accessed 2026-11-05.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Cabbage},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-cabbage},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.