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Raisin + Fig

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 737 recipes, and they share 117 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together737 recipes
Ranktop 7% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Raisin Fig
12raisin only 117shared 225fig only Raisin · 129 Fig · 342
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do raisin and fig go together?

Yes. 737 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 117 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 7% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything raisin carries, fig has too: 117 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in fig. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

What each one brings

raisin

Much the same character. It carries 12 molecules fig doesn't have.

fig

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 20% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for raisin. It carries 225 molecules raisin doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with raisin, top 4% with fig.
  • Almond: top 2% of pairs with raisin, top 3% with fig.
  • Vanilla: top 12% of pairs with raisin, top 1% with fig.
  • Nutmeg: top 6% of pairs with raisin, top 7% with fig.

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

Recipes with raisin and fig

We have no browsable recipe that lists both raisin and fig.

Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Almost all of raisin's flavor molecules (117 of 129) are also found in fig, but fig has 225 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of fig'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 225 only in fig.

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Raisin and fig questions

Do raisin and fig go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 737 recipes, and they share 117 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do raisin and fig taste good together?

Almost everything raisin carries, fig has too: 117 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in fig. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

What goes with raisin and fig?

Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with raisin and top 4% with fig. Almond and vanilla also fit both.

Can I use fig instead of raisin?

Only partly. Almost all of raisin's flavor molecules (117 of 129) are also found in fig, but fig has 225 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of fig'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

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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: Raisin vs Fig. https://compkitchen.com/compare/raisin-vs-fig. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_raisin_vs_fig_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Raisin vs Fig},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/raisin-vs-fig},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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