Name: The Overloaded Smoothie
Ingredients: 1/3 cup of chopped pineapple; 1/3 cup of strawberries (wash & cut off tops); 1/4 of blueberries; 1/4 of chopped bananas (remove peel); 2 scoops of lime sherbert; 5 ice cubes; a dash of orange juice

Why it works: Pineapple and banana match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 733 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

The Overloaded Smoothie

Ingredients

Directions

Put all ingredients into blender. Mix until smooth.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

393Calories

6 gProtein

2 gFat

101 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Banana	1 medium (118g)	105
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Pineapple + bananatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together733 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together937 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Pineapple + limetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together469 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Pineapple + orangetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,664 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Banana + orangetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,118 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).