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.
2021
aroma analysis
We conducted the first nutritional analysis of dairy products from the traditional Roja Mallorquina sheep breed. Samples of bulk raw milk were taken twice a month from December 201...
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PMID: 33401637
DOI: 10.3390/foods10010080
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2021
gc ms
Aroma is an important quality indicator for apples and has a great influence on the overall flavour and consumer acceptance. However, the information of the aroma volatile compound...
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PMID: 34064741
DOI: 10.3390/foods10051051
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2021
Microbial genomics
other
Lactobacillus helveticus is a well characterized lactobacillus for dairy fermentations that is also found in malt whisky fermentations. The two environments contain considerable di...
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PMID: 33900907
DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000560
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2021
gc ms
The effect of water bath cooking (WBC), oven convection roasting (OCR), grilling (G), pan-frying (PF) on the fatty acid profile and health lipid indices of goose meat was investiga...
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2021
'IntechOpen'
pharmacology
The mushroom has a wide number of medicinal properties such as being an antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic, immune enhancer, and also used for the treatment of va...
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2021
gc ms
In the present study, it was aimed to determine the volatile aroma composition and antioxidant activity of Maitake mushroom grown in different substrate mixtures comparatively. Fiv...
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2021
aroma analysis
For centuries, wine has had a fundamental role in the culture and habits of different civilizations. Amongst numerous wine types that involve specific winemaking processes, fortifi...
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PMID: 34072391
DOI: 10.3390/foods10061239
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2021
gc ms
The interaction of an array of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) termed bacterial volatile compounds (BVCs) with plants is now a major area of study under the umbrella of plant-mic...
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2021
gc ms
The attractiveness of ten commercially available Italian macaroni pastas made from different cereals [<i>Triticum durum</i>; <i>Triticum durum</i> (whole wheat); <i>Triticum dicocc...
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2021
gc ms
Aroma is an important feature of quinoa that influences consumer preferences. Differently coloured quinoa seeds exhibit diverse nutritional characteristics; however, their aromatic...
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2021
Food chemistry
sensory panel
Lupine (Lupinus sp.) is a valuable source of plant proteins. There is little knowledge on the impact of food processing on composition and sensory properties of lupine products. In...
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2021
gc ms
Antidepressant drugs are widely used for the treatment of common mental or other psychiatric disorders such as depression, which affect about 121 million people worldwide. This wid...
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2021
Scientific reports
other
The skin microbiome, especially the axillary microbiome, consists of odor-causing bacteria that decompose odorless sweat into malodor compounds, which contributes to the formation...
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2021
'Codon Publications'
aroma analysis
Loquat cultivation in Sicily is mainly based on nonnative cultivars and local ecotypes characterized by high nutraceutical value and appreciable physicochemical characteristics. In...
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2021
Food chemistry
aroma analysis
The seeds of dried longan, one of the major processed fruits in Thailand, contain several bioactive compounds. In this study, we developed longan wine by incorporating its seeds du...
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2021
aeda
Abstract This study used litchi (Heiye) wine and distilled spirit as raw experimental materials to analyze the volatile aroma compounds. Qualitative and quantitative determination...
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PMID: 34760225
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.2361
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2021
Food chemistry
other
The effect of ascorbic acid [AA (40 mmol L-1)] and oxalic acid [OA (2 mmol L-1)] on browning of litchi fruit was investigated under 5% CO2 + 1% O2 controlled atmosphere (CA) and co...
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2021
Food & function
other
Since ancient times, litchi has been well recognized as a functional food for the management of various ailments. Many bioactives, including flavanoids, anthocyanins, phenolics, se...
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2021
Food chemistry
gc ms
The aim of this study was to analyse contents of phytosterols, carotenoids, tocochromanols and fatty acid composition in oil from nutlets of linden. Standard determination methods...
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2021
Die Pharmazie
other
The art of winemaking has a long history. The methods and techniques changed over millennia as did the consumers taste and habits. Improving the taste of the wine and preventing co...
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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.