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Volatile Compound Overlap
Across 31 Ingredients

Each cell shows how many flavor compounds two ingredients share, relative to their total compound sets. Higher scores mean more molecular overlap — and often more surprising pairings.

Almond and hazelnut score 0.49 — the highest in this set — because they share dozens of the same volatile compounds.

Hover any cell for exact score. Diagonal = 1.0 (self-comparison).
130K+ Compound-food links
1,470 Paper-cited OAVs
5,240 Flavor compounds
44,648 Research papers
Notable pairings: Hazelnut × Almond (0.493) · Thyme × Rosemary (0.466) · Coconut × Almond (0.435) · Cinnamon × Almond (0.424) · Cinnamon × Thyme (0.421) · Green Tea × Black Tea (0.355) · Beef × Pork (0.365) · Surprising: Coconut × Garlic (0.257) · Raspberry × Almond (0.388) · Chocolate × Salmon (0.102) higher than Chocolate × Wine (0.053)
JACCARD SCORE
0.000.120.250.370.49+
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