Tomato + Red currant
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 59 recipes, and they share 130 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Do tomato and red currant go together?
Yes. 59 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 130 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything red currant carries, tomato has too: 130 of red currant's 144 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are isoamyl acetate (banana, pear) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
What each one brings
tomato
The woody side. Woody notes make up 6% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for red currant. It carries 380 molecules red currant doesn't have.
red currant
The floral side. Floral notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 11% for tomato. It carries 14 molecules tomato doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Black currant: the best fit for both, top 11% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with red currant.
- Thyme: top 4% of pairs with tomato, top 5% with red currant.
- Olive: top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 13% with red currant.
- Raspberry: top 15% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with red currant.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with tomato and red currant
We have no browsable recipe that lists both tomato and red currant.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of red currant's flavor molecules (130 of 144) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 380 that red currant lacks. Red currant gives you part of tomato's character without most of its woody side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 130 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 380 only in tomato and the 14 only in red currant.
Tomato and red currant questions
Do tomato and red currant go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 59 recipes, and they share 130 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do tomato and red currant taste good together?
Almost everything red currant carries, tomato has too: 130 of red currant's 144 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are isoamyl acetate (banana, pear) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
What goes with tomato and red currant?
Black currant is the best third ingredient: top 11% of pairs with tomato and top 1% with red currant. Thyme and olive also fit both.
Can I use red currant instead of tomato?
Only partly. Almost all of red currant's flavor molecules (130 of 144) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 380 that red currant lacks. Red currant gives you part of tomato's character without most of its woody 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 Red Currant. https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-red-currant. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Red Currant},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-red-currant},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.