Why it works: Rum and passion fruit work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 21 recipes mention both. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Rum + passion fruittop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together21 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
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Lime + minttop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together846 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Vanilla + apricottop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together608 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
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Vanilla + rumtop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together727 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Apricot + rumtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together149 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the mint
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, vanilla, sugar, syrup, apricot, rum, passion fruit):
- Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
- Gingerbetter flavor fit
- Peppermintabout as good a flavor fit
- Mintthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against lime, vanilla, sugar, syrup, apricot, rum, passion fruit. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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