Allspice + Plum
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 162 recipes, and they share 222 flavor molecules: the top 9% of all ingredient pairs.
Do allspice and plum go together?
Yes. 162 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 222 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 9% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of allspice's flavor molecules (222 of 278) also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What each one brings
allspice
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for plum. It carries 56 molecules plum doesn't have.
plum
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for allspice. It carries 159 molecules allspice doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with allspice, top 5% with plum.
- Clove: top 1% of pairs with allspice, top 8% with plum.
- Thyme: top 1% of pairs with allspice, top 6% with plum.
- Pear: top 10% of pairs with allspice, top 1% with plum.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with allspice and plum
Mostly mains: 6 of the 11 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of allspice's flavor molecules (222 of 278) are also found in plum, but plum has 159 that allspice lacks. Allspice gives you part of plum's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 222 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 56 only in allspice and the 159 only in plum.
Allspice and plum questions
Do allspice and plum go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 162 recipes, and they share 222 flavor molecules: the top 9% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do allspice and plum taste good together?
More than half of allspice's flavor molecules (222 of 278) also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What goes with allspice and plum?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with allspice and top 5% with plum. Clove and thyme also fit both.
What can you make with allspice and plum?
Mostly mains: 6 of the 11 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Chilled Plum Soup, Plum Catsup, Plum or Currant Dough Pudding, Sweet Pickle Plums.
Can I use plum instead of allspice?
Only partly. Most of allspice's flavor molecules (222 of 278) are also found in plum, but plum has 159 that allspice lacks. Allspice gives you part of plum'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
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: Allspice vs Plum. https://compkitchen.com/compare/allspice-vs-plum. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Allspice vs Plum},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/allspice-vs-plum},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.