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
Food chemistry
other
In order to improve the structure and cooking quality of extruded whole buckwheat noodles (EWBN), maltodextrin (MD), the homologous substances of starch, was added to buckwheat flo...
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2022
pharmacology
A 12-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of fish meal (FM) substitution by clam meal (CM, at 10%, 20% and 30% of the diet) on the growth, feed utilization, hep...
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2022
aroma analysis
Roasting affects the physicochemical and nutritional qualities of flaxseed oil (FSO). The FSO samples were extracted from the roasting flaxseeds at 10-, 20-, and 30-min points and...
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2022
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
aeda
Omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids offer a plethora of health benefits with the majority of evidence showing beneficial effects from marine sources of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosa...
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2022
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
pharmacology
Chronic diseases are responsible for approximately 71% global deaths. These are characterized by chronic low-grade inflammation and metabolic alterations. "Functional foods" have b...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
other
Health and wellness are among the core segments of quickly-changing consumer goods, with ever-increasing health consciousness among consumers around the globe. Functional foods and...
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2022
BMC pediatrics
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) remains a leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide. This study aimed to investigate whether supplementation of n-3 polyunsaturate...
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2022
Biomolecules
gc ms
The seafood industry is often left out of the food waste discussion, but this sector is no exception, as it generates large amounts of various by-products. This study aimed to expl...
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PMID: 36671387
DOI: 10.3390/biom13010001
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2022
Gut microbes
other
Consumption of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs) eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) provides multifaceted health benefits. Recent studies sugg...
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2022
Biomolecules
other
Supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids is considered a valuable strategy to supply the low intake of these fatty acids. Thus, the safety of the supplements is an important mileston...
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PMID: 36291569
DOI: 10.3390/biom12101361
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2022
aeda
In this study, key aroma compounds of low-salt fermented sour fish were characterized using headspace solid-phase micro extraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass sp...
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2022
Laryngo- rhino- otologie
other
INTRODUCTION: Cardiac olfactory stimulus reactions could expand the range of objectifying test methods for testing olfactory function. In a pilot study, it was investigated whether...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Chamaenerion angustifolium</i> (L.) Scop. (fireweed) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Onagraceae family widely used in folk and scientific medicine. It is a promising sour...
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2022
Molecules
gc ms
The shift in consumer landscape towards vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets has created an unprecedented challenge in creating meat aroma from plant-based alternatives. The sea...
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2022
other
The EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) was requested to evaluate the genotoxic potential of five flavouring substances from subgroup 3.3 of FGE.19, in the Flavourin...
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2022
BMC ecology and evolution
other
BACKGROUND: Fleshy fruits evolved to be attractive to seed dispersers through various signals such as color and scent. Signals can evolve through different trajectories and have va...
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2022
Phytochemical analysis : PCA
gc ms
INTRODUCTION: Fenugreek has been used in traditional remedies since ancient times. It has a long history of use against medical ailments as an antidiabetic, anticarcinogenic, hypoc...
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2022
aeda
White tea (WT) is a slightly fermented tea, and withering is a critical step in its processing. The withering treatment can affect white tea's aroma; different treatments' effects...
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PMID: 36010502
DOI: 10.3390/foods11162502
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2022
Journal of chromatography. A
gc ms
A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the analysis of thirty-six anthropogenic contaminants in the edible portion of four distinct seafood items is reported. Considerin...
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2022
other
The effects of citrus essential oils (orange, lemon, mandarin, and grapefruit) on the oxidative stability of microencapsulated fish oil by spray-drying were evaluated. The encapsul...
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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.