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Shreddies Mayan Snack Mix

"Taco seasoning gives zesty, Mexican flavor to this crunchy, cheesy snack mix."

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Shreddies Mayan Snack Mix

Why it works: Corn and lime work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 773 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Shreddies Mayan Snack Mix

3 -1/2 cups
Prep5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

877Calories
23 gProtein
37 gFat
116 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Corn Chip1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Taconot 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. Corn + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Corn + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,345 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Corn + cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together880 recipes

    Shared aroma: butanoic acid ethyl ester (sweet).

  5. Cheese + limetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together355 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, cheese, butter):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Applefits better
  4. Limethe original

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