Name: Blood-Red Punch
Ingredients: 3 cups cranberry-raspberry juice blend or other berry juice; 3 cups sparkling water; 1 cup thawed frozen strawberries or raspberries, pureed; 1 cup crushed ice cubes

Why it works: Strawberry and raspberry work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 815 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, sweet. The science ↓

Blood-Red Punch

Ingredients

3 cups cranberry-raspberry juice blend or other berry juice
3 cups sparkling water
1 cup thawed frozen strawberries or raspberries, pureed
1 cup crushed ice cubes

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

113Calories

2 gProtein

1 gFat

27 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Raspberry	1 cup (123g)	64
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Berry	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

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

By williamssonoma. 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.

Strawberry + raspberrytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together815 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).
Berry + raspberrytop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).
Berry + strawberrytop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the berry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (strawberry, raspberry):

Peachfits better
Vanillafits better
Blueberryfits better
Berrythe original

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

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