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Yogurt + Red wine

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 53 recipes, and they share 53 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together53 recipes
Ranktop 17% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Yogurt Red wine
98yogurt only 53shared 230red wine only Yogurt · 151 Red wine · 283
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do yogurt and red wine go together?

Yes. 53 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 53 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 17% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 53 flavor molecules: 35% of yogurt's 151. Among the shared key aromas are isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity) and phenylethanol (rose, floral).

What each one brings

yogurt

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for red wine. It carries 98 molecules red wine doesn't have.

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 19% for yogurt. It carries 230 molecules yogurt doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Plum: the best fit for both, top 13% of pairs with yogurt, top 5% with red wine.
  • Pear: top 14% of pairs with yogurt, top 6% with red wine.
  • Honey: top 7% of pairs with yogurt, top 13% with red wine.
  • Olive: top 8% of pairs with yogurt, top 12% with red wine.

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

Recipes with yogurt and red wine

We have no browsable recipe that lists both yogurt and red wine.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: yogurt has 98 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 230 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 53 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 98 only in yogurt and the 230 only in red wine.

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Yogurt and red wine questions

Do yogurt and red wine go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 53 recipes, and they share 53 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do yogurt and red wine taste good together?

They overlap on 53 flavor molecules: 35% of yogurt's 151. Among the shared key aromas are isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity) and phenylethanol (rose, floral).

What goes with yogurt and red wine?

Plum is the best third ingredient: top 13% of pairs with yogurt and top 5% with red wine. Pear and honey also fit both.

Can I use red wine instead of yogurt?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: yogurt has 98 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 230 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

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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: Yogurt vs Red Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/yogurt-vs-red-wine. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_yogurt_vs_red_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Yogurt vs Red Wine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/yogurt-vs-red-wine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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