Orange + Persimmon
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 14 recipes, and they share 228 flavor molecules: the top 12% of all ingredient pairs.
Do orange and persimmon go together?
Yes. 14 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 228 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 12% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything persimmon carries, orange has too: 228 of persimmon's 243 flavor molecules also occur in orange. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine) and ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
What each one brings
orange
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 13% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 8% for persimmon. It carries 238 molecules persimmon doesn't have.
persimmon
The tartness. Sour notes make up 19% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for orange. It carries 15 molecules orange doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Pomegranate: the best fit for both, top 3% of pairs with orange, top 1% with persimmon.
- Cinnamon: top 3% of pairs with orange, top 1% with persimmon.
- Vanilla: top 6% of pairs with orange, top 3% with persimmon.
- Lemon: top 1% of pairs with orange, top 12% with persimmon.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with orange and persimmon
We have no browsable recipe that lists both orange and persimmon.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of persimmon's flavor molecules (228 of 243) are also found in orange, but orange has 238 that persimmon lacks. Persimmon gives you part of orange's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 228 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 238 only in orange and the 15 only in persimmon.
Orange and persimmon questions
Do orange and persimmon go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 14 recipes, and they share 228 flavor molecules: the top 12% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do orange and persimmon taste good together?
Almost everything persimmon carries, orange has too: 228 of persimmon's 243 flavor molecules also occur in orange. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine) and ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
What goes with orange and persimmon?
Pomegranate is the best third ingredient: top 3% of pairs with orange and top 1% with persimmon. Cinnamon and vanilla also fit both.
Can I use persimmon instead of orange?
Only partly. Almost all of persimmon's flavor molecules (228 of 243) are also found in orange, but orange has 238 that persimmon lacks. Persimmon gives you part of orange's character without most of its herbal side. 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: Orange vs Persimmon. https://compkitchen.com/compare/orange-vs-persimmon. Accessed 2026-11-05.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_orange_vs_persimmon_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Orange vs Persimmon},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/orange-vs-persimmon},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.