Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Soybean

Exquisite soybean flavour pairings and recipes, revealed through data science.

Soybean conjures the embrace of glutamate and the kiss of bean, but beneath its umaminess lies a complex symphony of subtle flavour notes, such as grass, pea, and hints of seed. These are the notes that lend it such remarkable, resonant depth. The key to finding the perfect pairing for soybean is understanding how these notes harmonise.

To map these harmonies, we analysed thousands of ingredients, breaking each one down across 150 flavour dimensions, identifying which notes complement and contrast. Our analysis reveals, for example, how celery's selinon tones carry soybean, and how bay leaf's laurelled notes create a surprising synergy with its savoury richness.

An ingredient's flavour profile is determined by its core characteristics (e.g. vegetal, herbal, and maillard) enhanced by layers of subtle aroma notes (outer bars). When pairing ingredients, aim for a mix of core traits to build balance, and select complementary aroma notes to create harmony.

The Flavour Code

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 Glutamic Notes

Our analysis reveals a strong connection between glutamate and bay leaf flavours. Since soybean has a distinct glutamic flavour, try pairing it with bay leaf flavours.

The recipes below provide inspiration for pairing soybean with bay leaf.

Harmonious Flavours Of Soybean

Just as our analysis indicated that glutamate and bay leaf flavour accents often complement each other, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavour notes present in soybean. E.g. the beany notes of soybean are often used with celery-like and pencil-lead flavours.

The accents linked to the various accents of soybean can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of celery offers many of the aroma notes complementary to soybean, including celery and leafy aroma accents. Because the flavour profile of celery has many of the of the features that are complementary to soybean, they are likely to pair very well together.

The chart above shows the unique profile of celery across 150 dimensions of flavour, while the recipes below offer inspiration for bringing these flavours together with soybean.

Recipes That Pair Soybean With Celery

Linked Flavour Notes

Looking at the accents that are most strongly associated with the various flavours of soybean, we can identify other ingredients that are likely to pair well.

The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of soybean, along with the complementary aromas associated with each note. While the right side shows some of the ingredients that share many of the aroma notes complementary to soybean.

What To Drink With Soybean

The thyme notes in côtes catalanes make it a perfect pairing with soybean. Likewise, the graphite flavours in bolgheri create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of soybean below.

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., Soybean), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.