Name: Banana-Berry Fruit Smoothie
Ingredients: 1/2 banana, frozen; 1/2 pear, cored; 1/4 cup frozen blueberries or frozen mixed berries; 1 1/4 cup water; 1 tbsp skim milk powder; 1/8 tsp cinnamon; 1 tbsp high-quality protein powder (optional); 1 tsp flax oil (optional)

Why it works: Milk powder and cinnamon work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 44 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Add the frozen banana, cored pear, frozen berries, water, skim milk powder, cinnamon, protein powder, and flax oil to a blender.
Blend until thoroughly mixed.
Serve.

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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.

Milk powder + cinnamontop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together44 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Banana + peartop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together87 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Pear + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together598 recipes

Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).
Banana + milk powdertop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Banana + cinnamontop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together701 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

What each ingredient does

Frozen banana: Adds creamy body and natural sweetness, and its frozen state chills the drink without ice.
Frozen berries: Add tart flavour and colour, and their frozen state thickens the smoothie.
Skim milk powder: Adds dairy solids that give the smoothie a creamier, thicker body.
Pear: Adds mild sweetness and smooth pulp that helps give the blend a fuller texture.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.