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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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
gc ms
The present study aimed to assess metabolites heterogeneity among four major Cinnamomum species, including true cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) and less explored species (C. cassia, C....
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2022
other
Bread is one of the most widely embraced food products and is highly accepted by consumers. Despite being rich in complex carbohydrates (i.e., starch), bread is generally poor in o...
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PMID: 36613312
DOI: 10.3390/foods12010096
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2022
sensory panel
Research into the suitability of domestic raw materials, including, for example, new wheat cultivars and fruit additives for the production of flavoured beers, is increasingly bein...
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2022
Roczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny
other
The epidemiologic studies from the recent years indicate that high consumption of foods rich in bioactive compounds has a positive effect on human health and could diminish the ris...
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2022
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C
other
Santalum genus belongs to the family of Santalaceae, widespread in India, Australia, Hawaii, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, and valued as traditional medicine, rituals and modern bioact...
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2022
gc ms
The present study aimed to ascertain how the volatile compounds changed throughout various processing steps when producing a smoke-flavored sea bass (<i>Lateolabrax maculatus</i>)....
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PMID: 36076799
DOI: 10.3390/foods11172614
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2022
aroma analysis
Wine is one of the most traditional consumed alcoholic beverages in the world. Millions of wine enthusiasts worldwide duly appreciate a wine of excellent quality in terms of physic...
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2022
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering
sensory panel
4-Vinylguaiacol (4-VG) is one of the most common off-flavors found in sake. 4-VG is produced from its precursor, ferulic acid, which is a component of the cell wall of the rice end...
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2022
FEMS yeast research
aroma analysis
Sake is a traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice and water, fermented by the filamentous fungi Aspergillus oryzae and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast stra...
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2022
sensory panel
This study aims to determine the appropriate concentration of lead fish meal for enriching the nutritional value of sago noodles favored by consumers. The method used is an experim...
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PMID: 36124098
DOI: 10.1155/2022/8746296
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2022
aeda
The odour emitted from the high-tannin fab bean flour (<i>Vicia faba</i> var. minor), was characterized by headspace solid-phase microextraction/gas chromatography-mass spectrometr...
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Numerous fungal plant pathogens can infect fresh fruits and vegetables during transit and storage conditions. The resulting infections were mainly controlled by synthetic fungicide...
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2022
Bioprocess and biosystems engineering
other
Kvass is a popular low-alcohol beverage produced by the natural fermentation of dark rye bread or malt with complex microbial flora. However, few pieces of research focus on the mi...
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2022
Food chemistry
other
A visual Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) fibrous film incorporated with Roselle anthocyanin (RS) and Cinnamon essential oil (CEO) (PRC film) was designed via electrospinning technol...
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2022
pharmacology
<i>Tectona grandis L.f</i> is a timber plant that is commonly referred to as teak. Its wide use as a medicine in the various indigenous systems makes it a plant of importance. A wi...
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2022
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aroma analysis
Hutai-8 grape (Vitis vinifera × Vitis labrusca) was fermented into rose wine with Saccharomyces cerevisiae to characterize the key aroma compounds by sensomics approach, and fermen...
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2022
aeda
Although aroma is one of the most essential factors determining the quality of Fu brick tea (FBT), the aroma profiles of FBTs from different manufacturing areas are rarely investig...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
other
This study aimed to highlight the distinctive features of four Traditional Agri-food Products (TAP), namely, Caprino, Pecorino, Vaccino, and Cacioricotta cheeses produced at the sa...
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2022
International journal of food microbiology
pharmacology
This study aimed to investigate the antioxidant and antibacterial activities (AOA and ABA) of broccoli sprout extract (BSE) nanoliposomes co-encapsulated into basil seeds gum (BSG)...
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2022
sensory panel
Pigmented rice is known to have nutritional and bioactive compounds which commonly concentrated in the bran layers. Solid-state fermentation is known to enhance the bioactive compo...
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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.