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
other
<h4>Background</h4>Fish is a food ingredient that is consumed throughout the world. When fishes die, their freshness begins to decrease. The freshness of the fish can be determined...
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2022
gc ms
The flavor of blueberry fruit products is an important parameter determining consumer satisfaction. Wild lowbush blueberries are primarily processed into products, but their flavor...
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PMID: 36010515
DOI: 10.3390/foods11162516
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2022
sensory panel
Recently, many manufacturers have been developing or producing imitation crab sticks (ICSs) that are highly similar to real snow crab leg meat (RC). This study evaluated the simila...
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PMID: 35626951
DOI: 10.3390/foods11101381
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2022
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
other
This work reports the fabrication of copper-modified zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO@Cu) added gelatin/agar-based multifunctional films loaded with clove essential oil Pickering emul...
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2022
gc ms
The seeds of Africa's majestic baobab are often discarded or poorly utilized. Few studies explored its potential as a coffee substitute, while the key volatile compounds are still...
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2022
gc ms
The volatile compounds in <i>Jinhua ham</i> samples after different aging times were characterized using solvent-assisted flavor evaporation (SAFE), solid-phase microextraction (SP...
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PMID: 36496707
DOI: 10.3390/foods11233897
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2022
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
other
BACKGROUND: Listeria monocytogenes is a widespread common contaminant in food production facilities during preparation, storage, and distribution, and minimally processed ready-to-...
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2022
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
sensory panel
Olfactometric and sensory analyses have been applied to study the possible influence of the ripening chamber's geographical location on the aroma sensory profiles and key odorants...
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2022
gc ms
Grumixama (<i>Eugenia brasiliensis</i> Lam.) is a native fruit of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, belonging to the Myrtaceae family, which designatesthe most significant number of s...
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2022
Food science and technology international = Ciencia y tecnologia de los alimentos internacional
other
The aim of the present study was to develop a mixed tropical fruit juice of cashew apple, acerola and melon with low added-sugar content considering sensory and nutritional aspects...
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2022
Theory and practice of meat processing
aroma analysis
Long-term cooking may reduce the eating and nutritional quality attributes of meat products due to excessive oxidation. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of concave i...
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2022
Food chemistry
other
Sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis) (SI) is an oleaginous plant producing oil and protein-rich seeds. It has been cultivated for centuries and is native to the tropical rainforest o...
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2022
Antioxidants
aroma analysis
The interest in hemp seed oil has recently increased, due to the latest regulations which allow its use as food. Hemp seed oil is characterized by a high content of polyunsaturated...
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2022
Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
other
Plant-based milk alternatives are often nutritionally unbalanced, and their flavor profiles limit their acceptance. In this work, mono- and co-culture fermentation processes were d...
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2022
aroma analysis
Demand for plant-based meat alternatives has increased in recent years due to concerns about health, ethics, the environment, and animal welfare. Nevertheless, the market share of...
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2022
aroma analysis
No study has demonstrated the use of dietary Cannabis-derived cannabidiol (CBD) to alter the stress response in chickens or examined its effects on meat volatile compounds (VOCs)....
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2022
Scientific reports
pharmacology
In the study the cold-pressed, natural (unfiltered, unrefined) vegetable oils: hemp and milk thistle seed oils were tested for their chemical composition and antioxidant properties...
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
Hemp seed by-products, namely hemp cake (hemp meal) and hemp hulls were studied for their lipid content and composition. Total lipid content of hemp cake and hemp hulls was 13.1% a...
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2022
'MDPI AG'
gc ms
Foods 2022, 11, 3111. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11193111 www.mdpi.com/journal/foods Article Integrated Strategy for Informative Profiling and Accurate Quantification of Key-Vola...
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2022
gc ms
Acrylic acid (AA) chemical that endangers human health through contamination of water, soil, and foods. In this study, the extraction, purification, and detection of AA in various...
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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.