Raisin + Beans
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 32 recipes, and they share 117 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Do raisin and beans go together?
Yes. 32 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 117 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything raisin carries, beans has too: 117 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in beans. Among the shared key aromas are gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy) and 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
What each one brings
raisin
The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 16% for beans. It carries 12 molecules beans doesn't have.
beans
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for raisin. It carries 194 molecules raisin doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with raisin, top 6% with beans.
- Almond: top 2% of pairs with raisin, top 5% with beans.
- Sweet potato: top 10% of pairs with raisin, top 1% with beans.
- Chestnut: top 6% of pairs with raisin, top 3% with beans.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with raisin and beans
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of raisin's flavor molecules (117 of 129) are also found in beans, but beans has 194 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of beans's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 117 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 12 only in raisin and the 194 only in beans.
Raisin and beans questions
Do raisin and beans go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 32 recipes, and they share 117 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do raisin and beans taste good together?
Almost everything raisin carries, beans has too: 117 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in beans. Among the shared key aromas are gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy) and 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
What goes with raisin and beans?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with raisin and top 6% with beans. Almond and sweet potato also fit both.
What can you make with raisin and beans?
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Shplo.
Can I use beans instead of raisin?
Only partly. Almost all of raisin's flavor molecules (117 of 129) are also found in beans, but beans has 194 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of beans's character without most of its fruit. 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: Raisin vs Beans. https://compkitchen.com/compare/raisin-vs-beans. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_raisin_vs_beans_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Raisin vs Beans},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/raisin-vs-beans},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.