Table 6 Twenty of the most frequent ingredients in recipes, with their frequency for the three cookbooks. Cookbook keys are: corpus Del patrimoni culinari Català (CTrad), El celler de can Roca (Roca), 100 plats indispensables de La Cuina Catalana (101).

Rank	Ctrad		101		Roca
Rank	Ingredients	Frequency	Ingredients	Frequency	Ingredients	Frequency
1	salt	623	salt	81	salt	55
2	olive oil	549	olive oil	75	water	53
3	garlic	423	garlic	46	olive oil	49
4	water	370	onion	45	onion	30
5	onion	342	water	41	sugar	30
6	pepper	295	tomato	40	butter	29
7	tomato	261	pepper	31	carrot	29
8	parsley	192	pork	24	xantana rubber	28
9	pork	183	parsley	20	leek	24
10	flour	160	almond	19	chicken egg	23
11	wine	145	flour	18	cream	21
12	chicken egg	132	wine	18	flour	14
13	almond	109	chicken egg	16	milk	14
14	potato	104	bread	16	sunflower oil	14
15	bay leaf	98	sugar	12	truffle	13
16	bread	97	bacon	11	agar-agar	12
17	bell pepper	69	cinnamon	11	garlic	12
18	carrot	67	bay leaf	11	orange	12
19	beef	64	potato	11	shallot	11
20	arròs	55	chicken	10	fennel	10

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