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Shreddies on the Go Mini Fruit Snacks

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Shreddies on the Go Mini Fruit Snacks

Why it works: Fig and apricot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 97 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Shreddies on the Go Mini Fruit Snacks

120 mini snacks
Prep45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

180Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Dried Fig1 medium (50g)37
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Prunenot 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. Fig + apricottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Fig + honeytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together228 recipes

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

  3. Fig + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together407 recipes

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

  4. Apricot + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together703 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Apricot + honeytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-phenethyl alcohol (floral).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fig, apricot, honey):

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Peachfits better
  3. Vanillafits better
  4. Orangethe original

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