Peer-Reviewed Research Database
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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
sensory panel
A home-use test (HUT) is one method that provides a measure of ecological validity as the product is consumed in home under common daily use circumstances. One product that benefit...
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PMID: 34359493
DOI: 10.3390/foods10071623
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2021
gc ms
Fermented soy sauce is used worldwide to enhance the flavour of many dishes. Many types of soy sauce are on the market, and their differences are mostly related to the country of o...
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2021
World journal of microbiology & biotechnology
aroma analysis
Non-conventional yeasts refer to a huge and still poorly explored group of species alternative to the well-known model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Among them, Zygosaccharomy...
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2021
Journal of food biochemistry
aeda
In this work, the effects of substrates on volatile flavor compounds of Shanghai smoked fish (SSF) from grass carp was investigated by head space-solid-phase microextraction-gas ch...
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2021
International journal of food microbiology
gc ms
Fermented soy sauces are used as food seasonings in Eastern countries and all over the world. Depending on their cultural origins, their production differs in parameters such as wh...
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2021
gc ms
ABSTRACT In order to obtain microbial starter cultures for aroma enhancement of fish sauce, aroma-producing yeasts from mackerel fermentation broth were isolated, screened and iden...
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2021
'MDPI AG'
other
Food safety is a major problem around the world, both with regard to human suffering and with respect to economic costs. Scientific advances have increased our knowledge surroundin...
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2021
Food chemistry
other
Physico-chemical and sensory analysis of Iberian chorizo manufactured from three commercial categories raw material compiled in the current Spanish Iberian Quality standard (Black,...
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2021
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aroma analysis
Natural extracts obtained from fruits and vegetables processing are important sources of phenolic compounds and nitrates, with excellent antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. T...
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2021
Food chemistry
other
We studied the effect of shockwave processing and subsequent sous vide cooking on meat proteins (molecular size and thermal stability) and muscle structures (molecular, micro- and...
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2020
Foods
other
< 0.05). In conclusion, MA supplementation improves the nutritional quality of hen meat in terms of lipid profile without compromising meat quality attributes. Appropriate antioxid...
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2020
Journal of Fungi
other
enhanced phytase activity and precipitated extract displayed the best stability at a pH value of 8.0 and a temperature of 4 °C.
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2020
MethodsX
gc ms
), which has a rich VOC profile that benefits substantially from a multidimensional approach due to enhanced peak capacity. The procedure which was customized here was the data pro...
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2020
Food Science & Nutrition
other
was a choice for the future production of rice wine with good flavor and quality.
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2020
International Journal of Microbiology
pharmacology
, produce promising peptide-containing bioactive compounds.
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2020
Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
other
BACKGROUND: Pakistan is one of the top five date fruit-producing countries and produced more than 30% wastes in picking, packing, storage, and commercialization stages. The date fr...
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2020
Molecules
other
In this paper, the production of a second-generation bioethanol from lignocellulosic vineyard cutting wastes was investigated in order to define the optimal operating conditions of...
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2020
Food Science & Nutrition
pharmacology
< .05) in color (CIE L*a*b*) and exhibited lower TBARS values compared with those without EFT. The addition of turmeric in the film, besides affecting its physicochemical and struc...
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2020
Foods
aroma analysis
Amino acids contribute to the nutritional value and quality of black tea. Fermentation is the most important stage of the black tea manufacturing process. In this study, we investi...
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2020
PeerJ
other
BACKGROUND: has gained immense interest in recent years due to its diverse biotechnological applications. In this study, we focused on determining the fermentation parameters requi...
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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.