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Yam + Almond

Promising but untested: they share 218 flavor molecules (strong aroma overlap), yet only 4 recipes use both. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

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Ranktop 7% of pairs
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1yam only 218shared 63almond only Yam · 219 Almond · 281
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do yam and almond go together?

Possibly. 4 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 218 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 7% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything yam carries, almond has too: 218 of yam's 219 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What each one brings

yam

The tartness. Sour notes make up 20% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 18% for almond. It carries 1 molecule almond doesn't have.

almond

Much the same character. It carries 63 molecules yam doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Sweet potato: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with yam, top 4% with almond.
  • Butternut squash: top 1% of pairs with yam, top 3% with almond.
  • Pistachio: top 3% of pairs with yam, top 1% with almond.
  • Arrowroot: top 1% of pairs with yam, top 1% with almond.

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

Recipes with yam and almond

We have no browsable recipe that lists both yam and almond. With this much shared aroma, it is the kind of novel pairing worth testing.

Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (100% of yam's and 78% of almond's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 218 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 1 only in yam and the 63 only in almond.

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Yam and almond questions

Do yam and almond go together?

Promising but untested: they share 218 flavor molecules (strong aroma overlap), yet only 4 recipes use both. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do yam and almond taste good together?

Almost everything yam carries, almond has too: 218 of yam's 219 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

What goes with yam and almond?

Sweet potato is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with yam and top 4% with almond. Butternut squash and pistachio also fit both.

Can I use almond instead of yam?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (100% of yam's and 78% of almond'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: Yam vs Almond. https://compkitchen.com/compare/yam-vs-almond. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_yam_vs_almond_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Yam vs Almond},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/yam-vs-almond},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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