Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Pizza Sauce


Pizza sauce

Analysing hundreds of thousands of recipes uncovers pizza sauce's optimal flavour pairings.

Pizza sauce conjures the embrace of tomato and the kiss of basil, yet its initial umaminess is only the opening note. Beneath lies a sophisticated tapestry of subtle boiled egg, whispers of onion, and the pungent aroma of garlic that give it remarkable depth. And the magic of the kitchen begins when we seek out pairings that allow these notes to truly sing, to harmonise in unexpected and delightful ways.

Flavour Profile Of Pizza Sauce Across 150 Dimensions Of Flavour

Longer dark blue lines indicate stronger flavour notes



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An ingredient's flavour comes from its core characteristics, like acidic, herbal, 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 Tomato Notes

Strength of Association Between Flavours

The flavours most associated with tomato notes are: Saline, Ovine, Oceanic, Seaweed, Fishy, Wheat, Ferrous, Proteolytic, Lactic, Oyster, Starch, Sage, Butyric, Thyme, Fatty.

Flavour Profile Of Pizza Sauce And Its Complementary Flavour Notes

Longer dark blue lines indicate stronger flavour notes and white lines indicate complementary flavour notes



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What To Drink With Pizza Sauce



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., Pizza sauce), 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.