Name: Berry Salad Supreme
Ingredients: 1 cup raspberries; 2 cups strawberries; 1 cup blueberries; 1 cup blackberries; 3 cup grapes

Why it works: Raspberry and blackberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 278 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, sweet. The science ↓

Berry Salad Supreme

Ingredients

Directions

Blend grapes until coarse, spilling out excess juices.
Add other berries, mixed, to grape shreds.
Serve cold, with optional whipped cream if you want this to be a dessert. If you want it to be a side dish, I suggest cutting an orange in half and scooping the fruit out, using it as a cup.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

321Calories

6 gProtein

3 gFat

78 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Raspberry	1 cup (123g)	64
Blackberry	1 cup (144g)	62
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49

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).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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.

Raspberry + blackberrytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together278 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).
Blueberry + blackberrytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together189 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Strawberry + blackberrytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together222 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).
Raspberry + strawberrytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together815 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).
Strawberry + blueberrytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together427 recipes

Shared aroma: 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5h)-furanone (spice).

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

What each ingredient does

Grapes: Blended to coarse shreds, they release juice that moistens and sweetens the fruit mix.
Strawberries: Add bulk, body and sweetness to the salad.
Raspberries: Add tart flavour and aroma to the mixed berries.
Blueberries: Add sweetness, colour and a mild juicy texture.
Blackberries: Add tart flavour and a firm, juicy texture.

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry):

Vanillafits better
Peachfits better
Bananafits better
Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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.