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Clove + Arrowroot

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 121 recipes, and they share 203 flavor molecules: the top 6% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.

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Cooked together121 recipes
Ranktop 6% of pairs
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108clove only 203shared 2arrowroot only Clove · 311 Arrowroot · 205
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.
Thin evidence for this pair. We hold no distinguishing chemistry for arrowroot: every compound on it appears in more than 10% of ingredients, so this score is computed over the background every food shares. Distinguishing molecules on record: Clove 77, Arrowroot 0 (the typical ingredient has 12).

Do clove and arrowroot go together?

Yes. 121 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 203 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 6% of every ingredient pair we score.

Read this with the evidence note above in mind.

Why they work

Almost everything arrowroot carries, clove has too: 203 of arrowroot's 205 flavor molecules also occur in clove. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What each one brings

clove

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 17% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for arrowroot. It carries 108 molecules arrowroot doesn't have.

arrowroot

The tartness. Sour notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for clove. It carries 2 molecules clove doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Winter savory: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with clove, top 1% with arrowroot.
  • Cinnamon: top 1% of pairs with clove, top 4% with arrowroot.
  • Agave: top 9% of pairs with clove, top 1% with arrowroot.
  • Allspice: top 1% of pairs with clove, top 5% with arrowroot.

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

Recipes with clove and arrowroot

Spread across courses: baking lead with 1 of the 3 recipes with a course label, then desserts (1).

Asparagus SauceBasic Sugar-Free Vegetarian MincemeatChunky Apple Spice Muffins

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Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Almost all of arrowroot's flavor molecules (203 of 205) are also found in clove, but clove has 108 that arrowroot lacks. Arrowroot gives you part of clove's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 203 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 108 only in clove and the 2 only in arrowroot.

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Clove and arrowroot questions

Do clove and arrowroot go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 121 recipes, and they share 203 flavor molecules: the top 6% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.

Why do clove and arrowroot taste good together?

Almost everything arrowroot carries, clove has too: 203 of arrowroot's 205 flavor molecules also occur in clove. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What goes with clove and arrowroot?

Winter savory is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with clove and top 1% with arrowroot. Cinnamon and agave also fit both.

What can you make with clove and arrowroot?

Spread across courses: baking lead with 1 of the 3 recipes with a course label, then desserts (1). Common dishes include Asparagus Sauce, Basic Sugar-Free Vegetarian Mincemeat, Chunky Apple Spice Muffins.

Can I use arrowroot instead of clove?

Only partly. Almost all of arrowroot's flavor molecules (203 of 205) are also found in clove, but clove has 108 that arrowroot lacks. Arrowroot gives you part of clove'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

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

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: Clove vs Arrowroot. https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-arrowroot. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_clove_vs_arrowroot_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Clove vs Arrowroot},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-arrowroot},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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