Why it works: Champagne and mango share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. 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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Champagne + mangotop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
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Pineapple + mangotop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together224 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).
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Champagne + pineappletop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together96 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
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Orange + mangotop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together212 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Orange + pineappletop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,662 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 orange
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (champagne, pineapple, mango):
- Strawberrybetter flavor fit
- Melonbetter flavor fit
- Peachbetter flavor fit
- Orangethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against champagne, pineapple, mango. 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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