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
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aeda
White leaf mountain mint, Pycnanthemum albescens Torrey & A. Gray, also known as white mountain mint or white leaved mountain mint, is a species endemic in the American Southeast....
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2022
Tobacco control
gc ms
BACKGROUND: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently banned flavours from pod-style electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), except for menthol and tobacco. JUUL customers...
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2022
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
gc ms
The flavor of Huangjiu is closely related to its brewing technology. Patterns of aroma component succession during the process of brewing broomcorn millet Huangjiu were investigate...
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2022
gc ms
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been classified as priority pollutants by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Commission on the grounds of...
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PMID: 35267346
DOI: 10.3390/foods11050713
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2022
gc ms
In this study, we aimed to carry out the efficient fortification of vanilla milkshakes with micro-encapsulated microalgae oil (brand: S17-P100) without distorting the product’s odo...
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PMID: 36360065
DOI: 10.3390/foods11213452
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2022
Voprosy pitaniia
other
Currently, products with a reduced content of saturated fatty acids and a high protein content occupy an important place in the structure of a balanced diet, which leads to an incr...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
other
There is growing interest in Origanum syriacum due to attractive culinary applications and functional properties. Solar drying is the most common conventional method for drying Ori...
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2022
other
Mexican oregano <i>Poliomintha longiflora</i> Gray located in the municipality of Higueras, Nuevo Leon, Mexico was collected during the autumn (September, OCO), winter (January, OC...
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2022
gc ms
Sesquiterpenes are important defensive secondary metabolites and aroma components. However, limited information is available on the mechanism of sesquiterpene formation and composi...
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2022
gc ms
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the antimicrobial effects of natural essential oils (EO) and determine their preservative action. Eight natural essential oils were tes...
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PMID: 36295021
DOI: 10.3390/life12101587
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2022
gc ms
Early reviews focused on volatile compounds in cooked meat or meat products by GC-MS analysis. However, actually only a small number of odor-active activities, i.e., odorants, play...
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2022
Journal of food biochemistry
aeda
Fat has a great impact on the meat product flavor, which is influenced by cooking time. This study explored the effect of different steaming times on the fat flavor of pork belly....
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2022
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
other
The practice of surgical castration of piglets and its alternatives is still under debate. Production of boars may impair meat quality due to boar taint and reduced tenderness comp...
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2022
gc ms
Tieguanyin (TGY) is one kind of oolong tea that is widely appreciated for its aroma and taste. To study the difference of volatile compounds among different types of TGY and other...
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PMID: 35681280
DOI: 10.3390/foods11111530
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2022
gc ms
Coffee is one of the most produced and consumed food products worldwide. Its production generates a large amount of byproducts with bioactive potential, like the fruit skin and pul...
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PMID: 36230220
DOI: 10.3390/foods11193144
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2022
'MDPI AG'
other
The main focus of this thematic collection is on the antimicrobial activity of essential oils and their combinations with conventional antimicrobial drugs, including the eradicatio...
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2022
Journal of basic microbiology
pharmacology
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)-a prominent cash crop accounts for around 80% production of sugar worldwide. However, the productivity of sugarcane is declining (~40%) due to the...
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2022
Food chemistry
pharmacology
Colletotrichum asianum (C. asianum) is a new pathogenic fungus that causes mango anthracnose. Cold plasma is a novel non-thermal decontamination technology, which has been proven t...
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2022
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
pharmacology
Edible films and coatings are eco-friendly promising materials for preserving the quality and extending the shelf life of fresh and minimally-processed fruits. They can form protec...
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2022
other
The ocean is an excellent source for new biocatalysts due to the tremendous genetic diversity of marine microorganisms, and it may contribute to the development of sustainable indu...
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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.