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Spearmint + Spearmint, dried
Affinity score 50%Shared compounds 16Source: modal-canonical-v3
Spearmint
Spearmint or spear mint (Mentha spicata) is a species of mint native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, though its exact natural range is uncertain due to extensive early cultivation.
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Spearmint, dried
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Shared flavor compounds
These compounds appear in both Spearmint and Spearmint, dried, giving them a molecular basis for flavor affinity, the pairing principle articulated by Francois Benzi and implemented in flavor-pairing research.
coniferol(+)-menthofuranmenthofurandiosmetin-7-olate(+)-carvonediosmetindiosmincarveol2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acidpiperitone(r)-rosmarinic acidrosmarinic acid2-carboxyarabinitolcarvonetrans-4-coumaric acidapigenin-7-olate
Why it works
The flavor-pairing hypothesis proposes that ingredients sharing significant aromatic compounds harmonize on the palate. Spearmint and Spearmint, dried overlap on 16 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