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Wort + Raisin

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 16 recipes, and they share 14 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together16 recipes
Ranktop 17% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Wort Raisin
49wort only 14shared 115raisin only Wort · 63 Raisin · 129
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do wort and raisin go together?

Yes. 16 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 14 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 17% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 14 flavor molecules: 22% of wort's 63. Among the shared key aromas are gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy) and 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

What each one brings

wort

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 20% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for raisin. It carries 49 molecules raisin doesn't have.

raisin

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 6% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for wort. It carries 115 molecules wort doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Almond: the best fit for both, top 27% of pairs with wort, top 2% with raisin.
  • Flour: top 35% of pairs with wort, top 1% with raisin.
  • Cinnamon: top 44% of pairs with wort, top 1% with raisin.
  • Malt: top 12% of pairs with wort, top 19% with raisin.

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

Recipes with wort and raisin

We have no browsable recipe that lists both wort and raisin.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: wort has 49 molecules raisin doesn't, and raisin has 115 that wort doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 14 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 49 only in wort and the 115 only in raisin.

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Wort and raisin questions

Do wort and raisin go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 16 recipes, and they share 14 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do wort and raisin taste good together?

They overlap on 14 flavor molecules: 22% of wort's 63. Among the shared key aromas are gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy) and 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

What goes with wort and raisin?

Almond is the best third ingredient: top 27% of pairs with wort and top 2% with raisin. Flour and cinnamon also fit both.

Can I use raisin instead of wort?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: wort has 49 molecules raisin doesn't, and raisin has 115 that wort doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

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: Wort vs Raisin. https://compkitchen.com/compare/wort-vs-raisin. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_wort_vs_raisin_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Wort vs Raisin},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/wort-vs-raisin},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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