Skip to main content
Pairing

Mace + Ketchup

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 807 recipes, and they share 0 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.

Smell alikelow
Cooked together807 recipes
Ranktop 25% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Mace Ketchup
34mace only 45ketchup only Mace · 34 Ketchup · 45
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.
Thin evidence for this pair. We hold no distinguishing chemistry for ketchup: 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: Mace 15, Ketchup 0 (the typical ingredient has 12).

Do mace and ketchup go together?

Yes. 807 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 0 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 25% of every ingredient pair we score.

Read this with the evidence note above in mind.

Why they work

Mace and ketchup share no flavor molecules we know of.

What each one brings

mace

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 31% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for ketchup. It carries 34 molecules ketchup doesn't have.

ketchup

The tartness. Sour notes make up 35% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for mace. It carries 45 molecules mace doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Allspice: the best fit for both, top 7% of pairs with mace, top 15% with ketchup.
  • Nutmeg: top 4% of pairs with mace, top 23% with ketchup.
  • Clove: top 6% of pairs with mace, top 24% with ketchup.
  • Horseradish: top 20% of pairs with mace, top 10% with ketchup.

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

Recipes with mace and ketchup

We have no browsable recipe that lists both mace and ketchup.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mace has 34 molecules ketchup doesn't, and ketchup has 45 that mace doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 0 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 34 only in mace and the 45 only in ketchup.

See the full list with Pro Sign in

Mace and ketchup questions

Do mace and ketchup go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 807 recipes, and they share 0 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.

Why do mace and ketchup taste good together?

Mace and ketchup share no flavor molecules we know of.

What goes with mace and ketchup?

Allspice is the best third ingredient: top 7% of pairs with mace and top 15% with ketchup. Nutmeg and clove also fit both.

Can I use ketchup instead of mace?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mace has 34 molecules ketchup doesn't, and ketchup has 45 that mace doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

1
2

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: Mace vs Ketchup. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-ketchup. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_mace_vs_ketchup_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Mace vs Ketchup},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-ketchup},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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