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Cherry + Cranberry

102cherry only 241shared 93cranberryonly Cherry · 343 Cranberry · 334
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

48 recipes mention both · top 3% of pairs

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Overlap, weighted to rarer moleculesstrong
Mentioned together48 recipes
Ranktop 3% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Cherry Cranberry

Do cherry and cranberry go together?

Some recipes mention both. 48 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 241 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 3% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.

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  • Peach: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with cherry, top 3% with cranberry.
  • Orange: top 4% of pairs with cherry, top 2% with cranberry.
  • Raspberry: top 3% of pairs with cherry, top 3% with cranberry.
  • Apple: top 4% of pairs with cherry, top 2% with cranberry.

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

Recipes with cherry and cranberry

Mostly desserts: 7 of the 10 recipes with a course label are desserts.

Cranberry Cherry Pie 2 versions7UP Merry Cherry Cranberry PunchCranberry-Black Cherry Gelatin SaladDried Cherry and Cranberry SauceCherry-Berry Low-Fat Fake CheesecakeCranberry Roll

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 48 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.

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Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (70% of cherry's and 72% of cranberry's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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What they have in common

More than half of cranberry's flavor molecules (241 of 334) also occur in cherry. Among the shared key aromas are (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon) and 2-nonenal (fatty, green). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

All 241 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 102 only in cherry and the 93 only in cranberry.

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Cherry and cranberry questions

Do cherry and cranberry go together?

48 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 241 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 3% of random ingredient pairs.

What do cherry and cranberry have in common?

More than half of cranberry's flavor molecules (241 of 334) also occur in cherry. Among the shared key aromas are (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon) and 2-nonenal (fatty, green). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

What goes with cherry and cranberry?

Peach is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with cherry and top 3% with cranberry. Orange and raspberry also fit both.

What can you make with cherry and cranberry?

Mostly desserts: 7 of the 10 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Cranberry Cherry Pie, 7UP Merry Cherry Cranberry Punch, Cranberry-Black Cherry Gelatin Salad, Dried Cherry and Cranberry Sauce.

Can I use cranberry instead of cherry?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (70% of cherry's and 72% of cranberry'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
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Cherry vs Cranberry. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cherry-vs-cranberry. Accessed 2026-11-14.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_cherry_vs_cranberry_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Cherry vs Cranberry},
  author = {{CompKitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cherry-vs-cranberry},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-14}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.