Sugar + Persimmon
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 75 recipes, and they share 47 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.
Do sugar and persimmon go together?
Yes. 75 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 47 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 17% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of sugar's flavor molecules (47 of 65) also occur in persimmon. Among the shared key aromas are 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent) and 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
What each one brings
sugar
The caramel side. Caramel notes make up 6% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 1% for persimmon. It carries 18 molecules persimmon doesn't have.
persimmon
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 8% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 0% for sugar. It carries 196 molecules sugar doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 10% of pairs with sugar, top 1% with persimmon.
- Vanilla: top 8% of pairs with sugar, top 3% with persimmon.
- Pomegranate: top 21% of pairs with sugar, top 1% with persimmon.
- Agave: top 21% of pairs with sugar, top 2% with persimmon.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with sugar and persimmon
Mostly desserts: 3 of the 4 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of sugar's flavor molecules (47 of 65) are also found in persimmon, but persimmon has 196 that sugar lacks. Sugar gives you part of persimmon'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 47 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 18 only in sugar and the 196 only in persimmon.
Sugar and persimmon questions
Do sugar and persimmon go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 75 recipes, and they share 47 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do sugar and persimmon taste good together?
More than half of sugar's flavor molecules (47 of 65) also occur in persimmon. Among the shared key aromas are 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent) and 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
What goes with sugar and persimmon?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 10% of pairs with sugar and top 1% with persimmon. Vanilla and pomegranate also fit both.
What can you make with sugar and persimmon?
Mostly desserts: 3 of the 4 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Persimmon Cookies, Persimmon Pudding, Traditional Persimmon Pudding, Sujunggwa.
Can I use persimmon instead of sugar?
Only partly. Most of sugar's flavor molecules (47 of 65) are also found in persimmon, but persimmon has 196 that sugar lacks. Sugar gives you part of persimmon'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: Sugar vs Persimmon. https://compkitchen.com/compare/sugar-vs-persimmon. Accessed 2026-11-05.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_sugar_vs_persimmon_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Sugar vs Persimmon},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/sugar-vs-persimmon},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.