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Raspberry + Peas

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 23 recipes, and they share 111 flavor molecules: the top 10% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together23 recipes
Ranktop 10% of pairs
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93raspberry only 111shared 60peas only Raspberry · 204 Peas · 171
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do raspberry and peas go together?

Yes. 23 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 111 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 10% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

More than half of peas's flavor molecules (111 of 171) also occur in raspberry. Among the shared key aromas are (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes) and hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

What each one brings

raspberry

The tartness. Sour notes make up 19% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for peas. It carries 93 molecules peas doesn't have.

peas

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 22% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 13% for raspberry. It carries 60 molecules raspberry doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Mint: the best fit for both, top 4% of pairs with raspberry, top 2% with peas.
  • Red currant: top 1% of pairs with raspberry, top 9% with peas.
  • Peach: top 1% of pairs with raspberry, top 13% with peas.
  • Cranberry: top 5% of pairs with raspberry, top 10% with peas.

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

Recipes with raspberry and peas

We have no browsable recipe that lists both raspberry and peas.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: raspberry has 93 molecules peas doesn't, and peas has 60 that raspberry 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 111 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 93 only in raspberry and the 60 only in peas.

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Raspberry and peas questions

Do raspberry and peas go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 23 recipes, and they share 111 flavor molecules: the top 10% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do raspberry and peas taste good together?

More than half of peas's flavor molecules (111 of 171) also occur in raspberry. Among the shared key aromas are (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes) and hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

What goes with raspberry and peas?

Mint is the best third ingredient: top 4% of pairs with raspberry and top 2% with peas. Red currant and peach also fit both.

Can I use peas instead of raspberry?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: raspberry has 93 molecules peas doesn't, and peas has 60 that raspberry 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

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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: Raspberry vs Peas. https://compkitchen.com/compare/raspberry-vs-peas. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_raspberry_vs_peas_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Raspberry vs Peas},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/raspberry-vs-peas},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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