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Grapefruit/Pummelo hybrid + Naranjilla

Affinity score 100%Shared compounds 20Source: modal-canonical-v1

Naranjilla in Ecuador or lulo in Colombia, is a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America. The fruit has a citrus flavour, sometimes described as a combination of rhubarb and lime. The juice of the naranjilla is green and is often used as a drink. [Wikipedia]

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Shared flavor compounds

These compounds appear in both Grapefruit/Pummelo hybrid and Naranjilla, giving them a molecular basis for flavor affinity, the pairing principle articulated by Francois Benzi and implemented in flavor-pairing research.

(+)-1(10),4-cadinadiene(+)-7-iso-jasmonate(+)-cis-abscisic aldehyde(+)-lariciresinol(+)-marmesin(+)-neomenthol(+)-pinoresinol(+)-pulegone(+)-secoisolariciresinol(+)-taxifolin(-)-jasmonoyl-l-isoleucine(-)-lactol(-)-lariciresinol(-)-maackiain(-)-maackiain-3-o-glucoside(-)-matairesinol(-)-medicarpin(-)-medicarpin-3-o-glucoside(-)-menthone(-)-phaseollidin

Why it works

The flavor-pairing hypothesis proposes that ingredients sharing significant aromatic compounds harmonize on the palate. Grapefruit/Pummelo hybrid and Naranjilla 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

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