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Onion + Wakame

188oniononly 177shared 4wakame only Onion · 365 Wakame · 181
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

12 recipes mention both · top 8% of pairs

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Overlap, weighted to rarer moleculeslow
Mentioned together12 recipes
Ranktop 8% of pairs
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Do onion and wakame go together?

A few recipes mention both. 12 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 177 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 8% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.

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  • Sesame: the best fit for both, top 3% of pairs with onion, top 3% with wakame.
  • Miso: top 5% of pairs with onion, top 3% with wakame.
  • Welsh onion: top 3% of pairs with onion, top 4% with wakame.
  • Garlic: top 1% of pairs with onion, top 13% with wakame.

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

Recipes with onion and wakame

Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 6 carry a course label; 4 are mains.

Seaweed Salad 2 versionsBasic Miso SoupDaikon ZosuiHot and Spicy Tofu SoupMediterranean Mixed SaladMushroom Stuffing

The count of 12 includes every recipe our index matched to both foods, some through an alternative or a related ingredient. This list shows only recipes whose ingredient lines name both. Open a few to see how they are used.

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Can you swap one for the other?

No. Onion and wakame are different kinds of food, so neither stands in for the other, whatever molecules they share. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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What they have in common

Almost everything wakame carries, onion has too: 177 of wakame's 181 flavor molecules also occur in onion. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell. Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

All 177 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 188 only in onion and the 4 only in wakame.

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Onion and wakame questions

Do onion and wakame go together?

12 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 177 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 8% of random ingredient pairs.

What do onion and wakame have in common?

Almost everything wakame carries, onion has too: 177 of wakame's 181 flavor molecules also occur in onion. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell. Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

What goes with onion and wakame?

Sesame is the best third ingredient: top 3% of pairs with onion and top 3% with wakame. Miso and welsh onion also fit both.

What can you make with onion and wakame?

Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 6 carry a course label; 4 are mains. Common dishes include Seaweed Salad, Basic Miso Soup, Daikon Zosui, Hot and Spicy Tofu Soup.

Can I use wakame instead of onion?

No. Onion and wakame are different kinds of food, so neither stands in for the other, whatever molecules they share. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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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
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Onion vs Wakame. https://compkitchen.com/compare/onion-vs-wakame. Accessed 2026-11-14.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_onion_vs_wakame_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Onion vs Wakame},
  author = {{CompKitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/onion-vs-wakame},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-14}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.