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Turmeric + Allspice

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 629 recipes, and they share 220 flavor molecules: the top 3% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together629 recipes
Ranktop 3% of pairs
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45turmeric only 220shared 58allspice only Turmeric · 265 Allspice · 278
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do turmeric and allspice go together?

Yes. 629 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 220 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 3% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything turmeric carries, allspice has too: 220 of turmeric's 265 flavor molecules also occur in allspice. Among the shared key aromas are eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

What each one brings

turmeric

Much the same character. It carries 45 molecules allspice doesn't have.

allspice

The woody side. Woody notes make up 8% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for turmeric. It carries 58 molecules turmeric doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Cardamom: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with turmeric, top 2% with allspice.
  • Cumin: top 1% of pairs with turmeric, top 5% with allspice.
  • Ginger: top 1% of pairs with turmeric, top 1% with allspice.
  • Clove: top 4% of pairs with turmeric, top 1% with allspice.

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

Recipes with turmeric and allspice

Mostly mains: 26 of the 38 recipes with a course label are mains.

Chow-Chow 2 versionsGreen Tomato Pickle 2 versionsAinsley's Jerk ChickenAwaal Arrubyaan Bil LebanehBarbados Sweet PotatoesBerbere Eritrea

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Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (83% of turmeric's and 79% of allspice's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 220 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 45 only in turmeric and the 58 only in allspice.

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Turmeric and allspice questions

Do turmeric and allspice go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 629 recipes, and they share 220 flavor molecules: the top 3% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do turmeric and allspice taste good together?

Almost everything turmeric carries, allspice has too: 220 of turmeric's 265 flavor molecules also occur in allspice. Among the shared key aromas are eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

What goes with turmeric and allspice?

Cardamom is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with turmeric and top 2% with allspice. Cumin and ginger also fit both.

What can you make with turmeric and allspice?

Mostly mains: 26 of the 38 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Chow-Chow, Green Tomato Pickle, Ainsley's Jerk Chicken, Awaal Arrubyaan Bil Lebaneh.

Can I use allspice instead of turmeric?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (83% of turmeric's and 79% of allspice's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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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: Turmeric vs Allspice. https://compkitchen.com/compare/turmeric-vs-allspice. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_turmeric_vs_allspice_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Turmeric vs Allspice},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/turmeric-vs-allspice},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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