Name: Mango Craze Juice Blend
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 5 cups
Ingredients: 3 cups diced mango; 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh or frozen peaches; 1/4 cup chopped orange segments; 1/4 cup chopped and pitted nectarine; 1/2 cup orange juice; 2 cups ice

Why it works: Mango and peach share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 59 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

Mango Craze Juice Blend

5 cups

Prep5 min

Ingredients

3 cups diced mango
1 1/2 cups chopped fresh or frozen peaches
1/4 cup chopped orange segments
1/4 cup chopped and pitted nectarine
1/2 cup orange juice
2 cups ice

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

220Calories

4 gProtein

1 gFat

54 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Mango	1 cup diced (165g)	99
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Nectarine	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Mango + peachtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together59 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
Mango + orangetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together212 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Peach + orangetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together385 recipes

Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, peach):

Pineapplefits better
Apricotfits better
Plumfits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, peach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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