Fruit Cup

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.

1. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together10,634 recipes

   Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

2. Orange + grapefruittop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together233 recipes

   Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

3. Grapefruit + lemontop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together184 recipes

   Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

4. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together1,833 recipes

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

5. Lemon + gingertop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together5,154 recipes

   Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

What each ingredient does

Strawberries

Provide the fruity base flavour and sweet, soft body at the bottom of each glass.

Lemon juice

Adds acidity that brightens the sweetness of the fruit and syrup.

Raspberries

Contribute tart, aromatic fruit flavour and colour to the layered fruit.

Preserved ginger syrup

Adds sweetness and a warm, spicy aroma to the fruit.

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pineapple, orange, grapefruit, lemon, syrup, ginger, sugar):

1. Limefits better
2. Mangofits better
3. Vanillafits better
4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, orange, grapefruit, lemon, syrup, ginger, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.