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Tomato + Arrowroot

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 41 recipes, and they share 205 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together41 recipes
Ranktop 15% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Tomato Arrowroot
305tomato only 205shared Tomato · 510 Arrowroot · 205
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.
Thin evidence for this pair. We hold no distinguishing chemistry for arrowroot: every compound on it appears in more than 10% of ingredients, so this score is computed over the background every food shares. Distinguishing molecules on record: Tomato 239, Arrowroot 0 (the typical ingredient has 12).

Do tomato and arrowroot go together?

Yes. 41 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 205 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 15% of every ingredient pair we score.

Read this with the evidence note above in mind.

Why they work

Almost everything arrowroot carries, tomato has too: 205 of arrowroot's 205 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What each one brings

tomato

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for arrowroot. It carries 305 molecules arrowroot doesn't have.

arrowroot

The roast. Roasted notes make up 8% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for tomato. Every molecule it carries is also in tomato.

Add a third ingredient

  • Capers: the best fit for both, top 8% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with arrowroot.
  • Agave: top 17% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with arrowroot.
  • Beans: top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 4% with arrowroot.
  • Lentils: top 8% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with arrowroot.

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

Recipes with tomato and arrowroot

Mostly mains: 2 of the 4 recipes with a course label are mains.

A Good Pudding SauceSeitan Pepper SteakTofu and VegetablesTote-Along Dressing

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Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Almost all of arrowroot's flavor molecules (205 of 205) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 305 that arrowroot lacks. Arrowroot gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 205 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 305 only in tomato and the 0 only in arrowroot.

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Tomato and arrowroot questions

Do tomato and arrowroot go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 41 recipes, and they share 205 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.

Why do tomato and arrowroot taste good together?

Almost everything arrowroot carries, tomato has too: 205 of arrowroot's 205 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What goes with tomato and arrowroot?

Capers is the best third ingredient: top 8% of pairs with tomato and top 1% with arrowroot. Agave and beans also fit both.

What can you make with tomato and arrowroot?

Mostly mains: 2 of the 4 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include A Good Pudding Sauce, Seitan Pepper Steak, Tofu and Vegetables, Tote-Along Dressing.

Can I use arrowroot instead of tomato?

Only partly. Almost all of arrowroot's flavor molecules (205 of 205) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 305 that arrowroot lacks. Arrowroot gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fruit. 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: Tomato vs Arrowroot. https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-arrowroot. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_tomato_vs_arrowroot_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Arrowroot},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-arrowroot},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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