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
sensory panel
<h4>Objective</h4>Frankfurters are emulsion-type sausages that are widely consumed worldwide. However, some concerns regarding negative health effects have been raised because of t...
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PMID: 34991215
DOI: 10.5713/ab.21.0378
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2022
aeda
Cannabis sativa L., has gained increasing attention due to its potential applications in various fields. However, the compositions of hemp seeds from different producing regions ar...
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2022
Drug and chemical toxicology
gc ms
North-eastern states of India, including Assam, have a high prevalence of head and neck cancer cases. In these regions, Sadagura is a unique form of smokeless tobacco (SLT). There...
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2022
pharmacology
Foods incorporated with bioactive compounds, called nutraceuticals, can fight or prevent or alleviate diseases. The contribution of nutraceuticals or phytochemicals to non-invasive...
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2022
Food & function
other
Interest in foods enriched with natural ingredients containing bioactive compounds prompts scientists to undertake research to investigate them. This work aimed to evaluate the che...
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2022
sensory panel
Treats are offered to dogs to reinforce the animal-owner bond and as rewards. Wheat, which contains gluten (gliadin and glutenin proteins), is often used in treats. The United Stat...
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PMID: 35604642
DOI: 10.1093/jas/skac191
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2022
aroma analysis
In this research, oats were fermented with <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i>, <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus</i>, <i>Lactobacillus casei</i>, <i>Lactobacillus bulgaricus</i> and <i>Stre...
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PMID: 37430979
DOI: 10.3390/foods11203230
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2022
FEMS microbiology letters
other
Plant-based dairy alternatives are gaining increasing interest, e.g. alternatives to yoghurt, cheese, and butter. In all these products butter flavor (diacetyl + acetoin) plays an...
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2022
aeda
BACKGROUND
Laimao Baijiu is a typical soy sauce aroma type baijiu in China. Amino acids are non-volatile compounds in baijiu and are beneficial to human health. Aroma is one of the...
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2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
sensory panel
Aspergillus oryzae (A. oryzae) is an important starter in the fermentation of koji and moromi. However, the effect of different A. oryzae strains on the quality of moromi has rarel...
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2022
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
sensory panel
N-l-Lactoyl phenylalanine (N-l-lactoyl-Phe) has been identified as a taste-active contributor in many fermented foods. However, its preparation, taste property, and content in food...
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2022
Basel : MDPI
threshold study
The production of natural flavors by means of microorganisms is of great interest for the food and flavor industry, and by-products of the agro-industry are particularly suitable a...
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2022
gc ms
To investigate the flavor changes of Fuliji roast chicken during processing and storage, the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during processing (fresh, fried, stewed and sterilize...
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2022
aroma analysis
In this study, the evolution of the safety, nutritional, and volatile profile of a traditional Italian anchovy sauce with protected designation of origin (PDO), called "colatura di...
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PMID: 36613342
DOI: 10.3390/foods12010126
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2022
Journal of food science
gc ms
Proteinase-producing halophilic archaea were isolated from Thai fish sauce collected from industrial fermentation tanks at various periods of fermentation. Five isolates namely, J-...
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2022
other
This paper reviews the effects of domestic and foreign influences on the substance metabolism pathways and the flavor and flora of LAB in fermented meat products to provide a new t...
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PMID: 35885333
DOI: 10.3390/foods11142090
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2022
pharmacology
The aim of this study was to investigate the inherent bacteria that contribute to expressing the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity and the antioxidant activ...
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PMID: 35885366
DOI: 10.3390/foods11142123
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2022
gc ms
Deep spoilage is a cyclical and costly problem for the meat industry. Mianning ham is a famous dry-cured meat product in Sichuan, China. The aim of this work was to investigate the...
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PMID: 35741911
DOI: 10.3390/foods11121713
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2022
aeda
To clarify the characteristic aroma substances of water-boiled salted duck (WSD), headspace-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-olfactometry (HS-GC-MS-O), gas chromatography-ion m...
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2021
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
other
removal efficiency reached 21.4 ± 0.6% and 17.6 ± 1.0%, respectively.
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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.