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Five-fruit Smoothies

Serve straight for kids and given a kick with a dash of something sparkling for the grown-ups

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Five-fruit Smoothies

Why it works: Mango and papaya share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 82 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Five-fruit Smoothies

Serves 8

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

114Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
28 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grapefruit1/2 fruit (123g)52
Papayanot in our table0

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

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Mango + papayatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together82 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

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

  3. Mango + orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Papaya + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Mango + grapefruittop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the grapefruit

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, papaya, orange):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Grapefruitthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, papaya, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.