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Raisin + Rose

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 315 recipes, and they share 11 flavor molecules: the top 19% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together315 recipes
Ranktop 19% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Raisin Rose
118raisin only 11shared 62rose only Raisin · 129 Rose · 73
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do raisin and rose go together?

Yes. 315 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 11 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 19% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 11 flavor molecules: 15% of rose's 73. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and decanal (soap, orange peel). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What each one brings

raisin

The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for rose. It carries 118 molecules rose doesn't have.

rose

The floral side. Floral notes make up 28% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for raisin. It carries 62 molecules raisin doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Almond: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with raisin, top 11% with rose.
  • Cinnamon: top 1% of pairs with raisin, top 15% with rose.
  • Cardamom: top 8% of pairs with raisin, top 7% with rose.
  • Saffron: top 7% of pairs with raisin, top 9% with rose.

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

Recipes with raisin and rose

We have no browsable recipe that lists both raisin and rose.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: raisin has 118 molecules rose doesn't, and rose has 62 that raisin 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 11 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 118 only in raisin and the 62 only in rose.

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Raisin and rose questions

Do raisin and rose go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 315 recipes, and they share 11 flavor molecules: the top 19% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do raisin and rose taste good together?

They overlap on 11 flavor molecules: 15% of rose's 73. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and decanal (soap, orange peel). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What goes with raisin and rose?

Almond is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with raisin and top 11% with rose. Cinnamon and cardamom also fit both.

Can I use rose instead of raisin?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: raisin has 118 molecules rose doesn't, and rose has 62 that raisin 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: Raisin vs Rose. https://compkitchen.com/compare/raisin-vs-rose. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_raisin_vs_rose_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Raisin vs Rose},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/raisin-vs-rose},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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