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
other
<i>Diplazium maximum</i> (D. Don) C. Chr. is a wild edible fern, traditionally consumed in the tribal areas of western Himalayas. The edible part of the plant (young fronds) was an...
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2021
'HACCP Consulting'
sensory panel
Cheese production is associated with the analysis of its nutritional composition as well as with the sensory evaluation of the acceptance of the products. The paper is aimed at the...
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2021
'MDPI AG'
aroma analysis
Volatile Compounds and Smell Chemicals (Odor and Aroma) of Food • Eugenio ApreaVolatile Compounds and Smell Chemicals (Odor and Aroma) of FoodPrinted Edition of the Special Iss...
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2021
other
It is only recently that fermentation has been facing a dynamic revival in the food industry. Fermented fruit-based beverages are among the most ancient products consumed worldwide...
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2021
aroma analysis
This study aims to analyze the chemical and microbial composition and characterize volatile compounds from the artisanal and commercial <i>Tejuino</i> beverage. For this, eight sam...
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PMID: 34681495
DOI: 10.3390/foods10102446
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2021
Journal of food science
other
Mead, one of the oldest existing drinks, is a fermented product based on honey, water, and the possible addition of spices and selected yeasts. In this work, various parts (inflore...
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2021
Journal of food science
sensory panel
The compositional and sensorial profiles of traditional American meads were determined using standard enological, volatile, and descriptive analyses. Forty-one commercial meads pro...
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2021
Journal of food protection
gc ms
ABSTRACT: Kombucha is a sweetened tea beverage fermented by bacterial and yeast cultures. Sweeteners, such as glucose, sucrose, fructose, and others are converted by yeasts into et...
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2021
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aroma analysis
Kombucha is a very distinct naturally fermented sweetened tea that has been produced for thousands of years. Fermentation relies on metabolic activities of the complex autochthonou...
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2021
Journal of food science
gc ms
Kombucha is a black tea-based, non-alcoholic beverage fermented by yeast and bacteria are known for its refreshing scent and taste and presents biological characteristics, namely a...
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2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Kombucha is a traditional beverage of sweetened black tea fermented with a symbiotic association of acetic acid bacteria and yeasts. In this study, kombucha fermented beverage (KFB...
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2021
aeda
Doubanjiang-meju has been used as an intermediate for producing Pixian Douban (PXDB) and contributes significantly to its flavor. In this study, a profiling analysis of volatile co...
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2021
Food chemistry
aroma analysis
This study aimed to elaborate the roles of salt concentration on doubanjiang (broad bean paste) fermentation. Three sets of doubanjiang samples which had lower salt concentration t...
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2021
Microbial Cell Factories
other
Background
Plant-based milk alternatives are more popular than ever, and chickpea-based milks are among the most commercially relevant products. Unfortunately, limited nutritional...
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2021
gc ms
A new era of cutting-edge technologies and advancements in analytical platforms and omics sciences is disruptively bringing a paradigm shift in fundamental and translational resear...
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2021
aroma analysis
To investigate the general fermentation features of doenjang, a traditional Korean fermented soybean paste, eleven batches of doenjang were prepared. The bacterial and fungal commu...
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2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
sensory panel
To identify and analyze the characteristics of the microorganisms involved in the formation of the desirable flavor of Doenjang, a total of 179 strains were isolated from ninety-fo...
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2021
gc ms
Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata (ZhiHeShouWu, PMRP) and Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (ShiChangPu, ATR) and their traditional combination (PA) are frequently used in traditional C...
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2021
aeda
The present study aimed to explore the relationship between the grade and the characteristic aroma in Keemun black tea (KBT). Headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME), gas c...
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2021
other
Korarima, also called Ethiopian cardamom, is cultivated in the forest areas of southwestern part of Ethiopia. It is an underutilized spice crop with minimal research attention in t...
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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.