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.
2021
gc ms
BACKGROUND
The aroma intensity of rice is mixed of more than 100 volatile compounds. Fragrant rice is famous in Thailand due to specific aroma. One important volatile compound that...
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2021
aroma analysis
Malolactic fermentation using sea buckthorn ( Hippophaë rhamnoides ) juice as raw material was performed with six different strains of Lactobacillus plantarum . Increasing juice pH...
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2021
gc ms
In this work, the effect of pulsed electric field (PEF) pre-treatment on the extractability in green solvents (i. e., ethanol-water mixture and propylene glycol) of target aroma an...
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2021
other
The perception of wine flavour and aroma is the result of several interactions between a large number of chemical compounds and sensory receptors [...].
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PMID: 35010195
DOI: 10.3390/foods11010069
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2021
Horticulturae
pharmacology
Anxiety and insomnia are among the most common mental health disorders and are a
major cause of disability around the world. Traditional herbal medicines are receiving significant...
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2021
aroma analysis
Mahlab cherry (Prunus mahaleb L.) is a plant native to the Mediterranean basin and Eastern Europe, with several health benefits and culinary uses. We explored the compositional het...
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2021
gc ms
Aroma is an essential quality indicator of oolong tea, a tea derived from the <i>Camellia sinensis</i> L. plant. Carboxylic 6 (C6) acids and their derivative esters are important c...
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2021
PloS one
aeda
OBJECTIVE: The Turnip (Brassica rapa L. ssp. rapa) is a leaf and root vegetable grown and consumed worldwide. The consumption of Turnip has been associated with beneficial effects...
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2021
gc ms
Crabapple (Malus tribolata C.K. Schneid.), which one of the rare wild fruit trees in Turkey. This study was carried out to determine the aroma compounds, phenolic compound, antioxi...
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2021
International journal of clinical practice
other
BACKGROUND: Although the "Sniffin' Sticks" test (SST) is a widely used odor test, aplicability of odor tests is limited because of the high cost of the test and the regional-cultur...
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2021
International journal of biological macromolecules
gc ms
In this study, the microbiological, physicochemical, and flavor changes of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) coated with a composite active coating of locust bean gum (LBG) and sodium...
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2021
LWT
gc ms
Truffles are a well-known worldwide product mainly appreciated by their unique aroma, which is composed by more than 50 volatile compounds. However, to this day, no one has accompl...
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2021
gc ms
The factors that vary the aroma of Tuber magnatum fruiting bodies are poorly understood. The study determined the headspace aroma composition, sensory aroma profiles, maturity and...
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2021
Food microbiology
gc ms
This study aimed to assess the effect of chitosan or gum Arabic edible coatings, with natamycin (200, 300, 400 mg/L) on the aroma profiles of Western Australian grown truffles at f...
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2021
'IntechOpen'
aroma analysis
Volatilomics studies the emission of volatile compounds from living organisms like plants, flowers, animals, fruits, and microorganisms, using metabolomics tools to characterize th...
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2021
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UASVM), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
aroma analysis
Apples have distinctive quality attributes that may be defined by environmental conditions of the geographical regions where fruits are cultivated, such as temperature, solar radia...
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2021
Genes
aroma analysis
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) aroma is determined by the interaction of volatile compounds (VOCs) released by the tomato fruits with receptors in the nose, leading to a sensoria...
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PMID: 33557308
DOI: 10.3390/genes12020226
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2021
'Informa UK Limited'
aroma analysis
We report for the first time the application of HS-SPME-GC coupled with sulfur-specific pulsed flame photometric detection to sensitively analyze the volatile sulfur compounds (VSC...
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2021
MDPI
other
The implementation of quality assurance schemes for the assessment of PDO food authenticity is an issue involving manufacturers, traders, retailers and consumers. In this respect,...
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2021
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aroma analysis
The production of ovine or caprine milk cheeses with thistle rennet is a common practice in the Mediterranean basin. The aim of the present study was to obtain information on bacte...
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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.