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
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
There is increasing pressure to identify natural feed additives to mitigate methane emissions from livestock systems. Our objective was to investigate the effects of essential oils...
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2022
gc ms
<i>Houttuynia cordata</i> Thunb. is a medicinal and edible plant that has been commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times. This study used headspace solid-ph...
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2022
Poultry science
other
The antimicrobial effect of 21 nature spices essential oils (EOs) on marinated chicken was investigated and response surface analysis was applied to obtain the optimal combination....
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2022
Journal of food science
sensory panel
Fishy odor in fish products severely influences both eating quality and commercial acceptability, and natural plant extracts, particularly spices, have recently become popular for...
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2022
Pest management science
aroma analysis
BACKGROUND: Stegobium paniceum (Coleoptera, Anobiidae) is an important pest of stored products causing severe damage to dried Chinese medicinal plant materials (CMPMs). Plant volat...
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PMID: 35620873
DOI: 10.1002/ps.7012
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2022
other
Heat treatment generally induces structural changes of fish muscle and loss of nutrients. Depending on many intrinsic and extrinsic factors farmed fish qualitative attributes can b...
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2022
gc ms
Cacao demand is continuously increasing, and variations in cacao prices have been associated with the aroma of fermented cacao beans. However, the role of microorganisms in the for...
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PMID: 35407002
DOI: 10.3390/foods11070915
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2022
aeda
Xinyang Maojian (XYMJ) is one of the premium green teas and originates from Xinyang, which is the northernmost green tea production area in China. The special geographic location,...
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PMID: 36076866
DOI: 10.3390/foods11172682
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2022
'MDPI AG'
other
Meat flavor is an important aspect of meat quality that also influences consumer demand, and is therefore very important for the meat industry. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) co...
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2022
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UASVM), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
aroma analysis
Alpinia latilabris Ridl., a new record from Thailand, has great potential for use as a material for food and traditional medicine. Dried samples preserve the quality and avoid the...
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2022
gc ms
The herbal plant <i>Petroselinum crispum</i> (<i>P. crispum</i>) (Mill) is commonly available around the world. In this study, the leaves of the herbal plant <i>P. crispum</i> were...
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2022
gc ms
Zingiberaceae plants are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, being used in many famous medicinal materials. Meanwhile, some Zingiberaceae plants are i...
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2022
Nutrients
aroma analysis
Almonds contain around 50% fat with a health-promoting fatty acid profile that can be extracted by pressing to obtain high-quality oils. To improve oil sensory properties, the almo...
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PMID: 36615787
DOI: 10.3390/nu15010130
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2022
Biological trace element research
gc ms
Although milk and plant-based drinks are widely consumed foodstuffs with high nutritional value, their consumption may also mean intake of non-essential/toxic elements becoming a r...
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2022
other
Over the years, natural products such as essential oils have been gaining more and more prominence due to their perceived health benefits. Plants rich in essential oils represent a...
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2022
gc ms
The flavor of fresh onion and its processed products is an important index with which to evaluate its quality. In this study, the highly volatile compounds of onion with different...
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PMID: 36496638
DOI: 10.3390/foods11233829
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
At the base of the food pyramid is vegetables, which should be consumed most often of all food products, especially in raw and unprocessed form. Vegetables and mushrooms are rich s...
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2022
gc ms
Donkey meat samples obtained from muscle Longissimus Thoracis Lumborum (LTL) taken from 14 entire donkey males slaughtered at 20 months and aged for 1, 8 and 15 days were analysed...
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PMID: 35327244
DOI: 10.3390/foods11060821
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2022
International journal of food microbiology
other
Alfalfa sprouts have high nutritional values when consumed raw, but are easily contaminated by food pathogens. This study aimed to evaluate effects of essential oil (EO) vapors, RF...
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2022
other
In the research, we evaluated the effects of high-pressure processing (HPP) on the growth and histamine formation of histamine-forming bacteria (HFB) in yellowfin tuna meat during...
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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.