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Almond + Yam

Promising but untested: they share 218 flavor molecules (strong aroma overlap), yet only 4 recipes use both. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

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Ranktop 7% of pairs
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63almond only 218shared 1yam only Almond · 281 Yam · 219
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do almond and yam go together?

Possibly. 4 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 218 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 7% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything yam carries, almond has too: 218 of yam's 219 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What each one brings

almond

Much the same character. It carries 63 molecules yam doesn't have.

yam

The tartness. Sour notes make up 20% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 18% for almond. It carries 1 molecule almond doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Sweet potato: the best fit for both, top 4% of pairs with almond, top 1% with yam.
  • Butternut squash: top 3% of pairs with almond, top 1% with yam.
  • Pistachio: top 1% of pairs with almond, top 3% with yam.
  • Arrowroot: top 1% of pairs with almond, top 1% with yam.

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

Recipes with almond and yam

We have no browsable recipe that lists both almond and yam. With this much shared aroma, it is the kind of novel pairing worth testing.

Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (78% of almond's and 100% of yam's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 218 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 63 only in almond and the 1 only in yam.

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Almond and yam questions

Do almond and yam go together?

Promising but untested: they share 218 flavor molecules (strong aroma overlap), yet only 4 recipes use both. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do almond and yam taste good together?

Almost everything yam carries, almond has too: 218 of yam's 219 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What goes with almond and yam?

Sweet potato is the best third ingredient: top 4% of pairs with almond and top 1% with yam. Butternut squash and pistachio also fit both.

Can I use yam instead of almond?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (78% of almond's and 100% of yam's are shared). 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
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Yam. https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-yam. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_almond_vs_yam_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Yam},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-yam},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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