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
sensory panel
The environmental conditions of wine regions determine the flavor characteristics of wine. The characterization of the chemical composition and sensory profiles of young Marselan w...
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PMID: 35327212
DOI: 10.3390/foods11060787
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2022
gc ms
In this study, nanostructured gold was successfully prepared on a bare Au electrode using the electrochemical deposition method. Nanostructured gold provided more exposed active si...
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PMID: 36560305
DOI: 10.3390/s22249938
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2022
pharmacology
Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) has been recognized as the green and clean technique without any negative impact on the environment. Although this technique has shown high sel...
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2022
aroma analysis
Undesirable flavor formation in fish is a dynamic biological process, decreasing the overall flavor quality of fish products and impeding the sale of fresh fish. This review extens...
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PMID: 36010504
DOI: 10.3390/foods11162504
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2022
aroma analysis
Fresh ready-to-cook fish fillets are susceptible to loss of freshness and accumulation of off-odour due to accelerated microbial spoilage. Suboptimal storage temperature and packag...
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PMID: 35564015
DOI: 10.3390/foods11091292
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2022
Journal of economic entomology
other
In the continental United States, the invasive spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, has become a primary pest of multiple stone and soft-skinned fruits. A n...
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2022
gc ms
In order to improve the flavor and taste of Camembert cheese, the use of Monascus as an adjunct starter for the production of Camembert-type cheese was studied to investigate its e...
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PMID: 35681411
DOI: 10.3390/foods11111662
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2022
gc ms
In this study, self-made cat food attractant was prepared by Maillard reaction using hydrolysate of grass carp waste as raw material and glucose and cysteine hydrochloride as subst...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
other
Both aroma and taste are important quality criteria for food products, and they have a great influence on our consumption behaviours. In recent years, a significant increase in the...
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2022
Meat science
other
This study evaluates the physicochemical and microbiological properties and sensory parameters of beef patties formulated with black chokeberry (B1), blackberry (B2), red currant (...
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2022
other
Research into dairy-free alternative products, whether plant-based or cell-based, is growing fast and the food industry is facing a new challenge of creating innovative, nutritious...
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PMID: 34453343
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11502
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2022
gc ms
<i>Scorzonera hispanica</i> is an herbaceous perennial cultivated in Central and Southern Europe. This study aimed to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate the composition of o...
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PMID: 36232888
DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911584
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2022
gc ms
Berry volatiles are responsible for the berry aroma but there is limited information available on the health-promoting activities of berry volatiles. The objectives of this study w...
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PMID: 36556421
DOI: 10.3390/life12122056
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2022
'Elsevier BV'
other
This work aims to determine the effect of genotype x environment (GxE) interaction that influence blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) fruit quality. We applied metabolomics-driven analysis...
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2022
Food chemistry
sensory panel
Black currants (Ribes nigrum) were fermented with Saccharomyces and non-Saccharomyces yeasts without added sugar to yield low-ethanol-content beverages. The effects of yeasts on th...
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2022
pharmacology
Anthocyanins are water-soluble, colored compounds of the flavonoid class, abundantly found in the fruits, leaves, roots, and other parts of the plants. The fruit berries are prime...
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PMID: 35216263
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042149
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2022
gc ms
<i>Broa</i> is a Portuguese maize bread with characteristic sensory attributes that can only be achieved using traditional maize varieties. This study intends to disclose the volat...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Hanseniaspora uvarum</i>, a non-<i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> species, has a crucial effect on the aroma characteristics of fruit wines, thus, attracting significant research...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
aroma analysis
The e-book and Special Issue “Improving the Sensory, Nutritional and Physicochemical Quality of Fresh Meat” is composed of six original papers about recent advances in the area of...
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2022
other
The detection of dung odors is a crucial step in the food-searching behavior of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Yet, whether certain compounds characteristic of a given d...
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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.