Tomato + Banana
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 200 recipes, and they share 267 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.
Do tomato and banana go together?
Yes. 200 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 267 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 14% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of banana's flavor molecules (267 of 357) also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic) and 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
What each one brings
tomato
The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for banana. It carries 243 molecules banana doesn't have.
banana
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 28% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 15% for tomato. It carries 90 molecules tomato doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cherry: the best fit for both, top 4% of pairs with tomato, top 5% with banana.
- Plum: top 6% of pairs with tomato, top 4% with banana.
- Olive: top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 11% with banana.
- Mango: top 6% of pairs with tomato, top 4% with banana.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with tomato and banana
Mostly mains: 40 of the 55 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of banana's flavor molecules (267 of 357) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 243 that banana lacks. Banana gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fresh, green side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 267 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 243 only in tomato and the 90 only in banana.
Tomato and banana questions
Do tomato and banana go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 200 recipes, and they share 267 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do tomato and banana taste good together?
More than half of banana's flavor molecules (267 of 357) also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic) and 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
What goes with tomato and banana?
Cherry is the best third ingredient: top 4% of pairs with tomato and top 5% with banana. Plum and olive also fit both.
What can you make with tomato and banana?
Mostly mains: 40 of the 55 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Arroz Integral com Manteiga de Amendoim e Bananas, Banana Ketchup, Bread Topped with Tomato, Parsley and Feta, Curry of Veal with Bananas.
Can I use banana instead of tomato?
Only partly. Most of banana's flavor molecules (267 of 357) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 243 that banana lacks. Banana gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fresh, green 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: Tomato vs Banana. https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-banana. Accessed 2026-11-06.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Banana},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-banana},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-06}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.