Amaranth + Chia
2 recipes mention both · top 2% of pairs
CompKitchen is a free flavor-pairing site: it compares the aroma molecules two foods share and how often cooks put them together. No account needed.
Do amaranth and chia go together?
Possibly. 2 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 202 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 2% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.
Add a third ingredient
- Spelt: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with amaranth, top 1% with chia.
- Flour: top 1% of pairs with amaranth, top 3% with chia.
- Quinoa: top 2% of pairs with amaranth, top 3% with chia.
- Agave: top 6% of pairs with amaranth, top 1% with chia.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with amaranth and chia
These have the ingredient list only, without the method. Where we have the original source, the recipe page links to it.
The count of 2 includes every recipe our index matched to both foods, some through an alternative or a related ingredient. This list shows only recipes whose ingredient lines name both. Open a few to see how they are used.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (95% of amaranth's and 99% of chia's are shared). 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 chia carries, amaranth has too: 202 of chia's 204 flavor molecules also occur in amaranth. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
All 202 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 10 only in amaranth and the 2 only in chia.
Amaranth and chia questions
Do amaranth and chia go together?
Promising but untested: they share 202 flavor molecules (strong aroma overlap), yet only 2 recipes use both. They rank in the top 2% of random ingredient pairs.
What do amaranth and chia have in common?
Almost everything chia carries, amaranth has too: 202 of chia's 204 flavor molecules also occur in amaranth. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
What goes with amaranth and chia?
Spelt is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with amaranth and top 1% with chia. Flour and quinoa also fit both.
What can you make with amaranth and chia?
Common dishes include Mango and Amaranth Smoothie Cake, Multigrain Rolls.
Can I use chia instead of amaranth?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (95% of amaranth's and 99% of chia'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
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Amaranth vs Chia. https://compkitchen.com/compare/amaranth-vs-chia. Accessed 2026-11-14.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Amaranth vs Chia},
author = {{CompKitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/amaranth-vs-chia},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-14}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.