Yogurt + Apricot
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 94 recipes, and they share 77 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Do yogurt and apricot go together?
Yes. 94 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 77 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 15% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of yogurt's flavor molecules (77 of 151) also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What each one brings
yogurt
The dairy side. Dairy notes make up 8% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for apricot. It carries 74 molecules apricot doesn't have.
apricot
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 10% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for yogurt. It carries 305 molecules yogurt doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Peach: the best fit for both, top 11% of pairs with yogurt, top 1% with apricot.
- Plum: top 13% of pairs with yogurt, top 1% with apricot.
- Vanilla: top 12% of pairs with yogurt, top 2% with apricot.
- Pear: top 14% of pairs with yogurt, top 1% with apricot.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with yogurt and apricot
Mostly desserts: 16 of the 23 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: yogurt has 74 molecules apricot doesn't, and apricot has 305 that yogurt 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 77 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 74 only in yogurt and the 305 only in apricot.
Yogurt and apricot questions
Do yogurt and apricot go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 94 recipes, and they share 77 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do yogurt and apricot taste good together?
More than half of yogurt's flavor molecules (77 of 151) also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What goes with yogurt and apricot?
Peach is the best third ingredient: top 11% of pairs with yogurt and top 1% with apricot. Plum and vanilla also fit both.
What can you make with yogurt and apricot?
Mostly desserts: 16 of the 23 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Apricot Yogurt Cake, Frozen Apricot Yogurt, Apricot Chicken Salad, Apricot Cream Dip.
Can I use apricot instead of yogurt?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: yogurt has 74 molecules apricot doesn't, and apricot has 305 that yogurt 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: Yogurt vs Apricot. https://compkitchen.com/compare/yogurt-vs-apricot. Accessed 2026-11-07.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Yogurt vs Apricot},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/yogurt-vs-apricot},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.