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
Antioxidants
other
Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is one of the most distinctive ingredients of the Mediterranean diet. There are many properties related to this golden ingredient, from supreme organo...
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2021
gc ms
Volatile compounds are chemical species responsible for the distinctive aroma of virgin olive oil. Monovarietal olive oils have a peculiar composition of volatiles, some of which a...
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2021
Journal of chromatography. A
gc ms
Despite the widespread use of artichoke-based food supplements for obesity control (FSOC), studies on evaluation of the quality/authenticity of these commercial products are scarce...
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2021
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
other
BACKGROUND: The most common milk-clotting enzymes in the cheese industry are recombinant chymosins. Food naturalness is a factor underpinning consumers' food choice. For consumers...
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2021
aroma analysis
Edible insects are repeatedly being considered as underutilized food candidate due to their high nutritional value. Although frequent acceptance of whole insects to consumer is sti...
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2021
gc ms
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play an important role in the communication among organisms, including plants, beneficial or pathogenic microbes, and pests. <i>In vitro</i>, we o...
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2021
Molecules
aroma analysis
Plum brandy (Slivovitz (en); Šljivovica(sr)) is an alcoholic beverage that is increasingly consumed all over the world. Its quality assessment has become of great importance. In ou...
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2021
'MDPI AG'
aroma analysis
The purpose of this work is to evaluate the wine spirit aged by an alternative process
(staves combined with different micro-oxygenation levels) and its comparison with the tradit...
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2021
Talanta
other
In this paper, a novel vortex assisted solid phase extraction procedure combined with inductively coupled plasma optic emission spectrometry was presented for determination of Mn,...
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2021
Bulletin of entomological research
aroma analysis
Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is recognized as an invasive pest in Europe and North America. In Mexico, it is one of the main insect pests of soft-skinned...
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2021
Scientific reports
other
The importance of sleep in maintaining cognitive functions such as learning and memory has been reported in both vertebrates and invertebrates. Previous studies demonstrated that s...
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2021
Toxins
gc ms
Alkenylbenzenes are potentially toxic (genotoxic and carcinogenic) compounds present in plants such as basil, tarragon, anise star and lemongrass. These plants are found in various...
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2021
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
gc ms
Volatile compounds (VCs) and triglycerides (TGs) are the primary groups of constituents in the fruits of five well-known species used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), viz. Al...
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2021
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
sensory panel
BACKGROUND: The harvest weights of sweet almonds (Prunus dulcis) have significantly increased to meet consumer demand and now exceed processing facility capabilities. Crops are sto...
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2021
'MDPI AG'
aroma analysis
Fragrance is an integral part of cosmetic products and is often regarded as an overriding factor in the selection of cosmetics among consumers. Fragrances also play a considerable...
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2021
Pesticide biochemistry and physiology
gc ms
Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. is a popular seasoning species. During its production, there are losses of up to 50% due to anthracnose caused by fungi of the genus Colletotrichum. In th...
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2021
Food chemistry
gc ms
Alfalfa sprouts are well known for their nutritive values. Although there are several studies reported the positive impact of elevated CO2 (eCO2) on plants, there are no in-depth,...
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2021
other
This work aimed to evaluate the effects of N<sub>2</sub>-assisted high-pressure processing (HPP, 400 MPa/7.5 min and 500 MPa/7.5 min) on the microorganisms and physicochemical, nut...
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PMID: 33670953
DOI: 10.3390/foods10030508
Full text on PMC
2021
aeda
Abstract The Kainth (Pyrus pashia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) fruit is an underutilized, variety of the Pyrus family. The fruit has a typical wild aroma, astringent taste and has not bee...
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2021
Bioprocess and biosystems engineering
aroma analysis
An industrial process is profitable when its individual unit operations are efficient and thus, this work shows a guideline for designing efficient fermentation-industrial processe...
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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.