Food pairing

Food pairing (or flavor pairing or food combination) is a method of identifying which foods go well together from a flavor standpoint, often based on individual tastes, popularity, availability of ingredients, and traditional cultural practices.

From a food science perspective, foods may be said to combine well with one another when they share key chemical compounds^[1] or flavor components. One such process was trademarked as "Foodpairing" by the company of the same name.