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Crab + Almond

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 24 recipes, and they share 66 flavor molecules: the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together24 recipes
Ranktop 16% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Crab Almond
23crab only 66shared 215almond only Crab · 89 Almond · 281
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do crab and almond go together?

Yes. 24 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 66 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 16% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

More than half of crab's flavor molecules (66 of 89) also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted) and nonanal (fat, citrus).

What each one brings

crab

The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 7% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for almond. It carries 23 molecules almond doesn't have.

almond

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 6% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 1% for crab. It carries 215 molecules crab doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Biscuit: the best fit for both, top 13% of pairs with crab, top 1% with almond.
  • Pistachio: top 30% of pairs with crab, top 1% with almond.
  • Lettuce: top 13% of pairs with crab, top 4% with almond.
  • Okra: top 9% of pairs with crab, top 7% with almond.

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

Recipes with crab and almond

We have no browsable recipe that lists both crab and almond.

Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Most of crab's flavor molecules (66 of 89) are also found in almond, but almond has 215 that crab lacks. Crab gives you part of almond's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 66 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 23 only in crab and the 215 only in almond.

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Crab and almond questions

Do crab and almond go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 24 recipes, and they share 66 flavor molecules: the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do crab and almond taste good together?

More than half of crab's flavor molecules (66 of 89) also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted) and nonanal (fat, citrus).

What goes with crab and almond?

Biscuit is the best third ingredient: top 13% of pairs with crab and top 1% with almond. Pistachio and lettuce also fit both.

Can I use almond instead of crab?

Only partly. Most of crab's flavor molecules (66 of 89) are also found in almond, but almond has 215 that crab lacks. Crab gives you part of almond's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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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: Crab vs Almond. https://compkitchen.com/compare/crab-vs-almond. Accessed 2026-11-03.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_crab_vs_almond_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Crab vs Almond},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/crab-vs-almond},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}

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