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
aeda
Light-induced off-flavor compounds in Ponkan mandarin juice were investigated during its shelf-life by headspace solid-phase microextraction multidimensional gas chromatography-mas...
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2021
Nutrients
other
Potatoes are nutrient rich white vegetables, however, research on their impact on public health is limited. The objective of this study was to provide updated evaluation of the cro...
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PMID: 34444775
DOI: 10.3390/nu13082614
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2021
Journal of texture studies
other
A technology called sandwich-type sheeting was used to produce noodles with potato flakes. The technical parameters of sheeting were first optimized. Then the processing and eating...
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2021
Meat science
other
The aim of this work was to assess the influence of a porcine spleen surimi-like protein ingredient as pork meat replacer in emulsified cooked meat products (frankfurter-type sausa...
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2021
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
other
A two-dimensional low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) T1-T2 relaxation technique was developed to contrast the water status evolution during different cooking procedures...
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2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
aroma analysis
Cold-pressed oils are highly valuable sources of unsaturated fatty acids which are prone to oxidation processes, resulting in the formation of lipid oxidation products, which may d...
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2021
Food chemistry
sensory panel
2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP) has been widely reported as a key contributor to the popcorn-like aroma of fragrant rice (Oryza sativa). To gain a greater understanding of its contribu...
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2021
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
threshold study
Oat flour has a weak cereal-like, powdery aroma, which is significantly changed by a thermal process. Application of an aroma extract dilution analysis on a distillate obtained fro...
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2021
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
other
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted in two parts to improve the antimicrobial activity and stability of Satureja hortensis essential oil (SEO) and its impacts on the quality of po...
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2021
'Pen Academic Publishing'
aroma analysis
For fresh fruits to be consumed and relished, they have to stimulate the senses of taste and smell as well as have good visual properties. In terms of the consumption of a fruit, i...
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2021
Chemistry & biodiversity
pharmacology
Variability of secondary metabolites in edible (peel and pulp) and inedible (seeds) parts of three pitanga varieties, red, red-orange and purple, was investigated during the matura...
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2021
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
other
Chocolates paired with nuts are highly marketed products, however, there is a lack of scientific research and limited understanding of consumer sentiment towards the combination of...
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2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The unique fruity aroma of strawberries, a popular fruit of high economic value, is closely related to all the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contained within them. Despite exte...
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2021
Tropical animal health and production
pharmacology
The present study assessed the influence of the type of the tropical pastures on lamb body weight (BW) gain and meat quality. Fifty-four lambs were allocated to three grazing pastu...
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2021
Biomolecules
other
Fermented persimmon juice, Kakishibu, has traditionally been used for wood and paper protection. This protective effect stems at least partially from inhibition of microbial cellul...
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PMID: 34944533
DOI: 10.3390/biom11121890
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2021
aroma analysis
This study focuses on the formation mechanism of amino acid-derived volatile compounds (AAVC) in dry-cured mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) (DCM) during the process. Three kind o...
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2021
Chemical senses
other
Smokers may reduce their health risk by switching to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. As e-cigarettes are not harmless, concerns exist about e-cigarette use by nonsmokers an...
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2021
other
305Adv. Hort. Sci., 2021 35(3): 305318 DOI: 10.36253/ahsc10630(*) Corresponding...
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2021
gc ms
This study examines ultraviolet-C (UV-C) treatment supplementation as a means of inhibiting the senescence of pepino fruit after harvest. Pepino fruits were subjected to 1.5 kJ/m<s...
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PMID: 34945515
DOI: 10.3390/foods10122964
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2021
sensory panel
Abstract The caja-umbu (Spondias spp.) is a tropical fruit native to northeastern Brazil and it is highly valued due to its aroma, exotic flavor and nutritional quality. Due to the...
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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.