Dill + Sugar
A cook's pairing more than a chemical one: 463 recipes use both, though they share little aroma. They rank in the top 34% of all ingredient pairs.
Do dill and sugar go together?
Yes, in practice. 463 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 47 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 34% of every ingredient pair we score.
What they have in common
More than half of sugar's flavor molecules (47 of 65) also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent) and 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet). So the pairing rests more on how cooks use them than on shared aroma.
What each one brings
dill
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 0% for sugar. It carries 295 molecules sugar doesn't have.
sugar
The tartness. Sour notes make up 24% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 15% for dill. It carries 18 molecules dill doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Fennel: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with dill, top 24% with sugar.
- Lemon: top 1% of pairs with dill, top 18% with sugar.
- Beetroot: top 1% of pairs with dill, top 20% with sugar.
- Mustard: top 2% of pairs with dill, top 19% with sugar.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with dill and sugar
Mostly mains: 64 of the 108 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of sugar's flavor molecules (47 of 65) are also found in dill, but dill has 295 that sugar lacks. Sugar gives you part of dill'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 47 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 295 only in dill and the 18 only in sugar.
Dill and sugar questions
Do dill and sugar go together?
A cook's pairing more than a chemical one: 463 recipes use both, though they share little aroma. They rank in the top 34% of all ingredient pairs.
What do dill and sugar have in common?
More than half of sugar's flavor molecules (47 of 65) also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent) and 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet). So the pairing rests more on how cooks use them than on shared aroma.
What goes with dill and sugar?
Fennel is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with dill and top 24% with sugar. Lemon and beetroot also fit both.
What can you make with dill and sugar?
Mostly mains: 64 of the 108 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Avocado Dill Dressing, Cabbage Slaw with Dill, Cabbage Slaw with Dill Dressing, Creamy Cucumber Salad with Dill.
Can I use sugar instead of dill?
Only partly. Most of sugar's flavor molecules (47 of 65) are also found in dill, but dill has 295 that sugar lacks. Sugar gives you part of dill'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
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: Dill vs Sugar. https://compkitchen.com/compare/dill-vs-sugar. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_dill_vs_sugar_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Dill vs Sugar},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/dill-vs-sugar},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.