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Chineese plum + Goji
Affinity score 100%Shared compounds 20Source: modal-canonical-v1
Chineese plum
Prunus salicina commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum.The fruit is a drupe 4-7 cm in diameter with yellow-pink flesh; it can be harvested in the summer. When fully ripe it can be eaten raw.
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Goji
Fruit of Lycium barbarum
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Shared flavor compounds
These compounds appear in both Chineese plum and Goji, giving them a molecular basis for flavor affinity, the pairing principle articulated by Francois Benzi and implemented in flavor-pairing research.
1-18:1-2-18:2-phosphatidylcholine1-18:1-2-18:3-phosphatidylcholine1-18:2-2-18:2-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine1-18:2-2-18:3-phosphatidylcholine1-18:3-2-18:3-phosphatidylcholine1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl-phosphatidylcholine1-palmitoylglycerol 3-phosphatecardiolipincdp-dg(16:0/16:0)cdp-dg(16:0/18:0)cdp-dg(16:0/18:1(11z))cdp-dg(16:0/18:1(9z))cdp-dg(16:0/18:2(9z,12z))cdp-dg(16:0/18:3(6z,9z,12z))cdp-dg(16:0/18:3(9z,12z,15z))cdp-dg(16:0/20:0)cdp-dg(16:0/20:1(11z))cdp-dg(16:0/20:1(13z))cdp-dg(16:0/22:0)cdp-dg(16:0/22:1(13z))
Why it works
The flavor-pairing hypothesis proposes that ingredients sharing significant aromatic compounds harmonize on the palate. Chineese plum and Goji overlap on 20 key compound(s), which is why classic culinary traditions, and our deterministic matching algorithm, place them together.
Verification
- Pairing computed by: pairing-compute
- Methodology: deterministic compound-overlap matching (no LLM)
- Compound data: Wikidata + Wikidata
- Part of: Living Gastronomic Intelligence graph