Coconut + Amaranth
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 9 recipes, and they share 209 flavor molecules: the top 6% of all ingredient pairs.
Do coconut and amaranth go together?
Yes. 9 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 209 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 6% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything amaranth carries, coconut has too: 209 of amaranth's 212 flavor molecules also occur in coconut. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What each one brings
coconut
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for amaranth. It carries 116 molecules amaranth doesn't have.
amaranth
Much the same character. It carries 3 molecules coconut doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Chia: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with coconut, top 1% with amaranth.
- Millet: top 5% of pairs with coconut, top 1% with amaranth.
- Quinoa: top 7% of pairs with coconut, top 1% with amaranth.
- Arrowroot: top 4% of pairs with coconut, top 1% with amaranth.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with coconut and amaranth
We have no browsable recipe that lists both coconut and amaranth.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of amaranth's flavor molecules (209 of 212) are also found in coconut, but coconut has 116 that amaranth lacks. Amaranth gives you part of coconut's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 209 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 116 only in coconut and the 3 only in amaranth.
Coconut and amaranth questions
Do coconut and amaranth go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 9 recipes, and they share 209 flavor molecules: the top 6% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do coconut and amaranth taste good together?
Almost everything amaranth carries, coconut has too: 209 of amaranth's 212 flavor molecules also occur in coconut. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What goes with coconut and amaranth?
Chia is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with coconut and top 1% with amaranth. Millet and quinoa also fit both.
Can I use amaranth instead of coconut?
Only partly. Almost all of amaranth's flavor molecules (209 of 212) are also found in coconut, but coconut has 116 that amaranth lacks. Amaranth gives you part of coconut'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
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
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Coconut vs Amaranth. https://compkitchen.com/compare/coconut-vs-amaranth. Accessed 2026-11-05.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_coconut_vs_amaranth_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Coconut vs Amaranth},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/coconut-vs-amaranth},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.