Tomato + Black currant
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 13 recipes, and they share 291 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Do tomato and black currant go together?
Yes. 13 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 291 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 11% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything black currant carries, tomato has too: 291 of black currant's 351 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are 3-hexenal (apple, fruity) and 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
What each one brings
tomato
The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for black currant. It carries 219 molecules black currant doesn't have.
black currant
The floral side. Floral notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 11% for tomato. It carries 60 molecules tomato doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Olive: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 11% with black currant.
- Red currant: top 13% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with black currant.
- Thyme: top 4% of pairs with tomato, top 7% with black currant.
- Basil: top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 12% with black currant.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with tomato and black currant
We have no browsable recipe that lists both tomato and black currant.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of black currant's flavor molecules (291 of 351) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 219 that black currant lacks. Black currant gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fresh, green side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 291 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 219 only in tomato and the 60 only in black currant.
Tomato and black currant questions
Do tomato and black currant go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 13 recipes, and they share 291 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do tomato and black currant taste good together?
Almost everything black currant carries, tomato has too: 291 of black currant's 351 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are 3-hexenal (apple, fruity) and 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
What goes with tomato and black currant?
Olive is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with tomato and top 11% with black currant. Red currant and thyme also fit both.
Can I use black currant instead of tomato?
Only partly. Most of black currant's flavor molecules (291 of 351) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 219 that black currant lacks. Black currant gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fresh, green 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: Tomato vs Black Currant. https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-black-currant. Accessed 2026-11-03.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Black Currant},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-black-currant},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.