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Tropical Fruit Smoothie

"A yummy fruit smoothie made with tropical fruits."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Tropical Fruit Smoothie

Why it works: Mango and papaya share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 82 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Tropical Fruit Smoothie

2 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

210Calories
4 gProtein
1 gFat
52 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Papayanot 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. Mango + papayatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together82 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Mango + orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

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

  3. Papaya + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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 (mango, papaya):

  1. Pineapplefits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Orangethe original

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