Peer-Reviewed Research Database
The science behind the engine
Every compound-food link in CompKitchen comes from a peer-reviewed source. Search 38,144 flavor-relevant papers — part of a 44,648-paper indexed corpus — on aroma compounds, odor thresholds, GC-MS analyses, and sensory studies that power the pairing engine.
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Preprint · Zenodo · CC BY 4.0
Unsupervised Recovery of Food Taxonomy from Volatile Compound Profiles: A UMAP Analysis of 450 Ingredients
Without supervision or human-coded labels, a UMAP projection of 7,464 volatile compounds across 450 ingredients reproduces conventional food categories — and surfaces cross-category molecular bridges that traditional culinary intuition misses.
Johnson, M. C. (2026). Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459
More original analyses in queue — Rychlik integration writeup and per-compound OAV audits.
2022
Università degli Studi di Milano
other
Proteins have a fundamental importance for their peculiar chemical characteristic, implication in metabolism and structure for all living organisms. In food systems, proteins provi...
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2022
other
Since 1975, the Weurman Flavour Research Symposium has been held every three years in different European countries, and has been finally established as an international event that...
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2022
gc ms
To achieve high-value utilization of Chinese mitten crab processing by-products, different types of sauces were prepared using crab legs (CLs) and crab bodies (CBs). Two processing...
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PMID: 36613267
DOI: 10.3390/foods12010051
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2022
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
other
Due to marketing recommendations, white wines are often bottled in flint glass to improve aesthetics and showcase wine color. Although this practice is known to cause a wine fault,...
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2022
pharmacology
Phenolic compounds are an important group of organic molecules with high radical scavenging, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. The emerging interest in...
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PMID: 36236596
DOI: 10.3390/s22197498
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2022
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
aeda
Conventional breeding efforts for iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) biofortification of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) have been hindered by a lack of genetic variation for these traits...
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2022
Microbial cell factories
other
BACKGROUND: Efficient upgrading of inferior agro-industrial resources and production of bio-based chemicals through a simple and environmentally friendly biotechnological approach...
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2022
other
Cyclopropanes are commonly employed structural moieties in drug design since their incorporation is often associated with increased target affinity, improved metabolic stability, a...
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PMID: 34997781
DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.3962
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2022
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
other
BACKGROUND: Mechanized Huangjiu is a stable product, is not subject to seasonal production restrictions, and markedly reduces labor intensity compared to traditional manual Huangji...
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2022
aroma analysis
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum L.) is usually used to enhance the flavor characteristics of various foods. Volatile compounds in Welsh onions, including sulfur-containing compounds...
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2022
gc ms
For thousands of years, the unique physicochemical properties of plant exudates have defined uses in material culture and practical applications. Native Australian plant exudates,...
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2022
other
Plants are a promising source of bioactive compounds that can be used to tackle many emerging diseases both infectious and non-infectious. Among different plants, <i>Acacia</i> is...
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2022
gc ms
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a large group of lipophilic hydrocarbon compounds derived from different biosynthetic pathways in plants. VOCs are produced and released from...
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2022
aroma analysis
Taro (<i>Colocasia esculenta</i>) is a major root crop or vegetable in the world, and the corm is a good source of many nutrients including starch, vitamins, and minerals. Taro cor...
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2022
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
other
BACKGROUND: The effect of nanoemulsions prepared with grape seed and cinnamon essential oils on the shelf-life of flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus) fillets was evaluated by determin...
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2022
aeda
The present study focused on the role of roasting pretreatment in improving the flavor of WOs. In total, 71 volatile compounds were detected, 35 odorants were perceived, and 17 aro...
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2022
aeda
A novel extraction method of volatile aroma compounds (VACs) from walnut oil (WO) using monolithic material adsorption extraction (MMSE) was developed herein, and its efficiency wa...
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2022
aeda
Aroma composition of cold-pressed walnut oil (CWO) and hot-pressed walnut oil (HWO) was analyzed by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-olfactory-mass spectrometry (GC...
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2022
sensory panel
This study investigated the flavor differences among three individual parts (abdomen, back, and tail) of Jingpo Lake grass carp (JPGC) and commercial grass carp (CGC). The growing...
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PMID: 36076779
DOI: 10.3390/foods11172594
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2022
ScholarWorks @ UTRGV
aroma analysis
The objectives of this research were to investigate the fermentation performance of US sorghum varieties for the production of distilled spirits as well as their associated coprodu...
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Sources: PubMed (US National Library of Medicine), Semantic Scholar, Europe PMC, CORE. Papers are selected by targeted search queries for each ingredient and compound in our database.