Name: Fizzy Pomegranate Water
Ingredients: 16 Ice Cubes; 4 Cups Seltzer Water; 0.25 Cup Pomegranate Juice; 4 Lime Wedges

Why it works: Pomegranate and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 90 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Fizzy Pomegranate Water

Ingredients

16 Ice Cubes
4 Cups Seltzer Water
0.25 Cup Pomegranate Juice
4 Lime Wedges

Directions

Fill 4 cups with 4 ice cubes each.
Add 1 tablespoon of pomegranate juice.
Fill the remainder of the glasses with seltzer water.
Garnish with lime wedges (and straws) and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

83Calories

2 gProtein

1 gFat

20 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pomegranate	1/2 cup seeds (87g)	72
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Water	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).

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.

Pomegranate + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together90 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

What each ingredient does

Seltzer water: Carbonation creates bubbles that give the drink its sparkle and a crisp mouthfeel.
Pomegranate juice: Adds fruity tartness and a rosy color to the drink.
Ice cubes: Chill the drink and slowly dilute it as they melt.

“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.