Name: Banana-Orange-Strawberry Fruit Shake
Ingredients: 1/2 banana, frozen; 6 strawberries, frozen; 1/2 cup orange juice; 1/2 cup water; 1 tbsp skim milk powder; 1 tbsp high- quality protein powder (optional); 1 tsp flax oil (optional)

Why it works: Orange and milk powder work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 16 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

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

Directions

In a blender, process all the ingredients 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.

Orange + milk powdertop 18% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together16 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Banana + orangetop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,117 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Banana + milk powdertop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Frozen banana: Adds body and natural sweetness, and its starch helps thicken the shake.
Skim milk powder: Adds protein and dairy solids that give the shake a creamier body.
Orange juice: Adds sweetness and acidity that brighten the fruit flavours.

“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.