Ingredient
Red yeast
Three views of what red yeast relates to — by recipe co-occurrence, blended, and aroma chemistry. Scores are cosine similarities in 300-D Metapath2Vec space.
Substitutes
Out of red yeast? Try one of these.
Activated charcoal powder
0.62aroma match
Purple sweet potato
0.56aroma match
Red bean paste
0.52aroma match
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Relations
Cooks with
Recipe co-occurrenceThings this is cooked with in real recipes — strongest cue for partners on the plate.
- Purple sweet potato0.37
- Activated charcoal powder0.36
- Glutinous rice flour0.32
- Monk fruit0.31
- Matcha powder0.31
- Lye water0.29
- Soybean0.28
- Black sesame seed0.28
- Fermented glutinous rice0.28
- Gardenia fruit0.28
- Soy protein isolate0.28
- Mochi0.28
- Xylitol0.28
- Earl grey tea0.27
- Glucose syrup0.27
- Black rice0.27
- Licorice root0.27
- Red bean0.27
- Corn oil0.26
- Red bean paste0.26
Blended
Chemistry + recipe contextSimilar in both chemistry and recipe use — the most versatile lens.
- Activated charcoal powder0.76
- Matcha powder0.70
- Purple sweet potato0.69
- Red bean paste0.69
- Glutinous rice flour0.66
- Barley grass0.66
- Gardenia fruit0.65
- Butterfly pea flower0.64
- Salted duck egg0.62
- Mochi0.61
- Baijiu0.60
- Tsao ko0.60
- Mung bean paste0.59
- Fermented glutinous rice0.59
- Black sesame seed0.59
- Meat floss0.58
- Xylitol0.57
- Glutinous rice0.57
- Mung bean jelly0.57
- Tofu skin0.56
Tastes like
Aroma-chemistry profileShares aroma compounds — best for direct substitutions.
- Activated charcoal powder0.62
- Purple sweet potato0.56
- Red bean paste0.52
- Matcha powder0.48
- Glutinous rice flour0.45
- Butterfly pea flower0.42
- Pickled sakura blossom0.40
- Mung bean paste0.40
- Meat floss0.39
- Prickly pear0.39
- Gardenia fruit0.39
- Barley grass0.37
- Salted duck egg0.37
- Dough0.37
- Mochi0.37
- Squid ink0.35
- Allulose0.35
- Xylitol0.35
- Black rice0.33
- Black sesame seed0.33
Flavor modes
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