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Very Fruity Rum Punch

"A great rum punch I invented with some extra kick, It has been a hit at more than one party..."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Very Fruity Rum Punch

Why it works: Lime and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Very Fruity Rum Punch

1 gallon
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

304Calories
4 gProtein
1 gFat
72 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
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Syrupnot 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.

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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. Lime + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Banana + pineappletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together733 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Rum + pineappletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Rum + bananatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together183 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 lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rum, banana, syrup, orange, pineapple, lime):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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