Mango + Passionfruit
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 6 recipes, and they share 142 flavor molecules: the top 5% of all ingredient pairs.
Do mango and passionfruit go together?
Yes. 6 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 142 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 5% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of passionfruit's flavor molecules (142 of 204) also occur in mango. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal) and ethyl 3-hydroxyhexanoate (fresh).
What each one brings
mango
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for passionfruit. It carries 264 molecules passionfruit doesn't have.
passionfruit
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 39% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 20% for mango. It carries 62 molecules mango doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Kiwifruit: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with mango, top 17% with passionfruit.
- Lime: top 1% of pairs with mango, top 15% with passionfruit.
- Papaya: top 1% of pairs with mango, top 20% with passionfruit.
- Coconut: top 1% of pairs with mango, top 17% with passionfruit.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with mango and passionfruit
We have no browsable recipe that lists both mango and passionfruit.
Can you swap one for the other?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mango has 264 molecules passionfruit doesn't, and passionfruit has 62 that mango 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 142 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 264 only in mango and the 62 only in passionfruit.
Mango and passionfruit questions
Do mango and passionfruit go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 6 recipes, and they share 142 flavor molecules: the top 5% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do mango and passionfruit taste good together?
More than half of passionfruit's flavor molecules (142 of 204) also occur in mango. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal) and ethyl 3-hydroxyhexanoate (fresh).
What goes with mango and passionfruit?
Kiwifruit is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with mango and top 17% with passionfruit. Lime and papaya also fit both.
Can I use passionfruit instead of mango?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mango has 264 molecules passionfruit doesn't, and passionfruit has 62 that mango 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
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: Mango vs Passionfruit. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mango-vs-passionfruit. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_mango_vs_passionfruit_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Mango vs Passionfruit},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mango-vs-passionfruit},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.