Lettuce + Raisin
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 29 recipes, and they share 109 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.
Do lettuce and raisin go together?
Yes. 29 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 109 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 14% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything raisin carries, lettuce has too: 109 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in lettuce. Among the shared key aromas are 2-nonanone (fruity, floral) and isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
What each one brings
lettuce
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for raisin. It carries 167 molecules raisin doesn't have.
raisin
Much the same character. It carries 20 molecules lettuce doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Beetroot: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 12% with raisin.
- Chestnut: top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 6% with raisin.
- Endive: top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 15% with raisin.
- Almond: top 4% of pairs with lettuce, top 2% with raisin.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with lettuce and raisin
Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of raisin's flavor molecules (109 of 129) are also found in lettuce, but lettuce has 167 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of lettuce's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 109 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 167 only in lettuce and the 20 only in raisin.
Lettuce and raisin questions
Do lettuce and raisin go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 29 recipes, and they share 109 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do lettuce and raisin taste good together?
Almost everything raisin carries, lettuce has too: 109 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in lettuce. Among the shared key aromas are 2-nonanone (fruity, floral) and isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
What goes with lettuce and raisin?
Beetroot is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lettuce and top 12% with raisin. Chestnut and endive also fit both.
What can you make with lettuce and raisin?
Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Peanut Butter Apple Sandwiches, Stuffed Dates.
Can I use raisin instead of lettuce?
Only partly. Most of raisin's flavor molecules (109 of 129) are also found in lettuce, but lettuce has 167 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of lettuce'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: Lettuce vs Raisin. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lettuce-vs-raisin. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Lettuce vs Raisin},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lettuce-vs-raisin},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.