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Roe + Mace

A cook's pairing more than a chemical one: 33 recipes use both, though they share little aroma. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together33 recipes
Ranktop 32% of pairs
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44roe only 2shared 32mace only Roe · 46 Mace · 34
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do roe and mace go together?

Yes, in practice. 33 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 2 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 32% of every ingredient pair we score.

What they have in common

They overlap on 2 flavor molecules: 6% of mace's 34. So the pairing rests more on how cooks use them than on shared aroma.

What each one brings

roe

The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for mace. It carries 44 molecules mace doesn't have.

mace

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 31% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 0% for roe. It carries 32 molecules roe doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Nutmeg: the best fit for both, top 26% of pairs with roe, top 4% with mace.
  • Common carp: top 5% of pairs with roe, top 24% with mace.
  • Clove: top 30% of pairs with roe, top 6% with mace.
  • Crayfish: top 10% of pairs with roe, top 24% with mace.

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

Recipes with roe and mace

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: roe has 44 molecules mace doesn't, and mace has 32 that roe 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 2 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 44 only in roe and the 32 only in mace.

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Roe and mace questions

Do roe and mace go together?

A cook's pairing more than a chemical one: 33 recipes use both, though they share little aroma. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs.

What do roe and mace have in common?

They overlap on 2 flavor molecules: 6% of mace's 34. So the pairing rests more on how cooks use them than on shared aroma.

What goes with roe and mace?

Nutmeg is the best third ingredient: top 26% of pairs with roe and top 4% with mace. Common carp and clove also fit both.

Can I use mace instead of roe?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: roe has 44 molecules mace doesn't, and mace has 32 that roe 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: Roe vs Mace. https://compkitchen.com/compare/roe-vs-mace. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_roe_vs_mace_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Roe vs Mace},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/roe-vs-mace},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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