Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Lemon Juice


Lemon juice

Analysing hundreds of thousands of recipes uncovers lemon juice's optimal flavour pairings.

Lemon juice instantly conjures the embrace of cedar and the kiss of grapefruit, yet its initial sourness is only the opening gambit. Beneath lies a sophisticated tapestry of subtle blossom, neroli, and the turpentine sweetness of resin that contribute remarkable depth. The key to a beautiful pairing lies in recognising how these accents interact and harmonise.

Flavour Profile Of Lemon Juice Across 150 Dimensions Of Flavour

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An ingredient's flavour comes from its core characteristics, like acidic, floral, and sweet, combined with its unique aroma notes (outer bars). When pairing ingredients, aim to include a broad variety of core characteristics for a balanced dish. And choose aroma notes that complement each other for a harmonious combination.

The Secret Language of Flavour


To understand how flavour notes harmonise, we analysed more than 50,000 popular ingredient combinations. By exploring these pairings, we identified specific flavour notes that frequently occur together, indicating they share a harmonious relationship.


The Flavours That Harmonise With Cedar Notes

Strength of Association Between Flavours

The flavours most associated with cedar notes are: Gentian, Sugary, Chamomile, Honey, Limestone, Pear, Oceanic, Fishy, Malic, Apricot, Seaweed, Caramel, Peach, Saline, Astringent.

Flavour Profile Of Lemon Juice And Its Complementary Flavour Notes

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What To Drink With Lemon Juice



How Flavonomics Works


We've pioneered a unique, data-driven approach to decode the intricate art of flavour pairing. Our goal is to move beyond intuition and uncover the science of why certain ingredients harmonise beautifully. This rigorous methodology allows us to provide you with insightful and reliable pairing recommendations.

Our analysis begins with over 50,000 carefully selected recipes from acclaimed chefs like Galton Blackiston, Marcello Tully, and Pierre Lambinon. This premium dataset ensures our model distils genuine culinary excellence and creativity.

Each ingredient from these recipes is deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, creating a unique numerical "flavour fingerprint." This quantification allows us to apply advanced analytical methods to identify complex patterns between flavour notes.

We identify popular ingredient combinations that frequently appear in our recipe database. Regression analysis is then performed on these pairings to statistically validate and pinpoint truly harmonious flavours.

These insights drive our predictive model, which allows us to take any ingredient (e.g., Lemon juice), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.



The information presented here is generated by our automated analytical pipelines. When an ingredient's flavour profile is updated, the analysis is updated automatically.