Almond + Cranberry
41 recipes mention both · top 4% of pairs
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Do almond and cranberry go together?
Some recipes mention both. 41 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 234 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 4% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.
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- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 3% of pairs with almond, top 3% with cranberry.
- Orange: top 4% of pairs with almond, top 2% with cranberry.
- Walnut: top 3% of pairs with almond, top 3% with cranberry.
- Raspberry: top 4% of pairs with almond, top 3% with cranberry.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with almond and cranberry
Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 8 carry a course label; 5 are desserts.
Some of these have the ingredient list only, without the method. Where we have the original source, the recipe page links to it.
The count of 41 includes every recipe our index matched to both foods, some through an alternative or a related ingredient. This list is shorter because it shows only recipes whose ingredient lines name both. Open a few to see how they are used.
Can you swap one for the other?
No. Almond and cranberry are different kinds of food, so neither stands in for the other, whatever molecules they share. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
See the scienceshared molecules, aroma labels and where this pair ranks
What they have in common
Almost everything almond carries, cranberry has too: 234 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in cranberry. Among the shared key aromas are 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
All 234 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 47 only in almond and the 100 only in cranberry.
Almond and cranberry questions
Do almond and cranberry go together?
41 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 234 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 4% of random ingredient pairs.
What do almond and cranberry have in common?
Almost everything almond carries, cranberry has too: 234 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in cranberry. Among the shared key aromas are 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
What goes with almond and cranberry?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 3% of pairs with almond and top 3% with cranberry. Orange and walnut also fit both.
What can you make with almond and cranberry?
Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 8 carry a course label; 5 are desserts. Common dishes include Meg Ryan's Cranberry Almond Bread, Chicken and Cranberry Pizza with Brie and Almonds, Cranberry-Almond Vinaigrette, Cranberry-Orange-Almond Syrup.
Can I use cranberry instead of almond?
No. Almond and cranberry are different kinds of food, so neither stands in for the other, whatever molecules they share. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
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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
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Cranberry. https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-cranberry. Accessed 2026-11-14.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Cranberry},
author = {{CompKitchen}},
year = {2026},
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.