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rutabaga + white currant
Affinity score 18%Shared compounds 20Source: modal-canonical-v1
rutabaga
root vegetable from Brassica napus subsp. rapifera
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white currant
fruit
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Shared flavor compounds
These compounds appear in both rutabaga and white currant, giving them a molecular basis for flavor affinity, the pairing principle articulated by Francois Benzi and implemented in flavor-pairing research.
aluminumarsenicascorbic-acidbeta-caroteneboronbrominecadmiumcalciumcarbohydrateschromiumcobaltcopperfatfiberfluorineironleadlinoleic-acidmagnesiummanganese
Why it works
The flavor-pairing hypothesis proposes that ingredients sharing significant aromatic compounds harmonize on the palate. rutabaga and white currant 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