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Orange Tapioca Salad

"Orange cream flavored gelatin salad with pineapple and mandarin oranges. A family favorite in the summer."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Orange Tapioca Salad

Why it works: Orange and mandarin orange share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 87 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Orange Tapioca Salad

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

218Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Waternot in our table0
Puddingnot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0

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

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Orange + mandarin orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Vanilla + pineappletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together911 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Mandarin orange + pineappletop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Orange + pineappletop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,664 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Orange + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, mandarin orange, pineapple):

  1. Limefits about as well
  2. Vanillathe original
  3. Mangofits about as well
  4. Lemonfits about as well

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