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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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Original research
Featured 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.

44,648
Papers indexed
959
Ingredients cited ⓘ
5,240
Compounds indexed
627,022
Paper–ingredient links
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2020 aroma analysis

Improved flavor profiles of red pitaya (<i>Hylocereus lemairei</i>) wine by controlling the inoculations of <i>Saccharomyces bayanus</i> and <i>Metschnikowia agaves</i> and the fermentation temperature.

The effects of the inoculation method of <i>Saccharomyces bayanus</i> BV818 and non-<i>Saccharomyces</i> yeast <i>Metschnikowia agaves</i> P3-3 and the fermentation temperature on... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 33087960 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-020-04484-5 Full text on PMC
2020 EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority other

Safety and efficacy of l-cysteine monohydrochloride monohydrate produced by fermentation using Escherichia coli KCCM 80109 and Escherichia coli KCCM 80197 for all animal species.

Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the sa... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32874303 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6101 Full text on PMC
2020 EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority other

Safety and efficacy of l-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate produced by fermentation using Escherichia coli KCCM 80180 and Escherichia coli KCCM 80181 as a flavouring additive for all animal species.

Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the sa... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32874218 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6003 Full text on PMC

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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.