Name: Hearty Oatmeal Loaf
Ingredients: 1/2 cup apple juice; 3/4 cup water; 2 tbsp honey; 3 tbsp orange juice concentrate; 1 1/2 tbsp salt; 2 1/2 cup - 1 t. whole-wheat flour; 1/4 cup wheat gluten; 3/4 cup quick oats; 3 tbsp yeast

Why it works: Wheat and oats work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Hearty Oatmeal Loaf

Ingredients

Directions

Mix in the order recommended by your breadmaker. This uses the fresh-milk white/wheat setting on the black & decker. Source: my adaptations from the cookbook that came with the machine

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

830Calories

20 gProtein

4 gFat

179 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Apple Juice	1 medium (182g)	95
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Wheat	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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Wheat + oatstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together473 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Apple + orangetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,230 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Apple + honeytop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together569 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Honey + wheattop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together346 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Honey + oatstop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together634 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, honey, wheat, flour, oats):

Figfits better
Blueberryfits better
Vanillafits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, honey, wheat, flour, oats. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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Hearty Oatmeal Loaf