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Mace + Lime

An everyday combination rather than a standout: 71 recipes use both, and they rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together71 recipes
Ranktop 26% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Mace Lime
10mace only 24shared 275lime only Mace · 34 Lime · 299
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do mace and lime go together?

They can. 71 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 24 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 26% of every ingredient pair we score.

What they have in common

More than half of mace's flavor molecules (24 of 34) also occur in lime. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

What each one brings

mace

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 31% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 15% for lime. It carries 10 molecules lime doesn't have.

lime

The tartness. Sour notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for mace. It carries 275 molecules mace doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Coriander: the best fit for both, top 19% of pairs with mace, top 1% with lime.
  • Nutmeg: top 4% of pairs with mace, top 5% with lime.
  • Allspice: top 7% of pairs with mace, top 4% with lime.
  • Marjoram: top 12% of pairs with mace, top 1% with lime.

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

Recipes with mace and lime

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Most of mace's flavor molecules (24 of 34) are also found in lime, but lime has 275 that mace lacks. Mace gives you part of lime's character without most of its tartness. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 24 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 10 only in mace and the 275 only in lime.

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Mace and lime questions

Do mace and lime go together?

An everyday combination rather than a standout: 71 recipes use both, and they rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs.

What do mace and lime have in common?

More than half of mace's flavor molecules (24 of 34) also occur in lime. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

What goes with mace and lime?

Coriander is the best third ingredient: top 19% of pairs with mace and top 1% with lime. Nutmeg and allspice also fit both.

Can I use lime instead of mace?

Only partly. Most of mace's flavor molecules (24 of 34) are also found in lime, but lime has 275 that mace lacks. Mace gives you part of lime's character without most of its tartness. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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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 Lime. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-lime. Accessed 2026-11-07.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_mace_vs_lime_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Mace vs Lime},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-lime},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}
}

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