Tomato + Oats
136 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 126 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 13% of random ingredient pairs.
Do tomato and oats go together?
Many recipes mention both. 136 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 126 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.
What they have in common
More than half of oats's flavor molecules (126 of 166) also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green) and damascenone (apple, rose). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
Add a third ingredient
- Beans: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 9% with oats.
- Olive: top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 12% with oats.
- Flaxseed: top 15% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with oats.
- Capsicum: top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 15% with oats.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with tomato and oats
Almost always mains: 24 of the 25 recipes with a course label are mains.
A recipe counts when its ingredient list mentions both, even as alternatives, so open a few to see how they are used. 105 of the 136 have a title we can list here.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of oats's flavor molecules (126 of 166) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 384 that oats lacks. Oats gives you part of tomato's character. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 126 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 384 only in tomato and the 40 only in oats.
Tomato and oats questions
Do tomato and oats go together?
136 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 126 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 13% of random ingredient pairs.
What do tomato and oats have in common?
More than half of oats's flavor molecules (126 of 166) also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green) and damascenone (apple, rose). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
What goes with tomato and oats?
Beans is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with tomato and top 9% with oats. Olive and flaxseed also fit both.
What can you make with tomato and oats?
Almost always mains: 24 of the 25 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Beef, Oatmeal and Tomato, Cream of Sun-Dried Tomato Soup, Deep-Dish Sun-Dried Tomato Quiche, Oatmeal and Tomato Soup.
Can I use oats instead of tomato?
Only partly. Most of oats's flavor molecules (126 of 166) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 384 that oats lacks. Oats gives you part of tomato's character. 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
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Oats. https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-oats. Accessed 2026-11-09.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Oats},
author = {{CompKitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-oats},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-09}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.