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.
2019
Journal of AOAC International
other
Spices and herbs have been in use for centuries both for culinary and medicinal purposes. Spices not only enhance the flavor, aroma, and color of food and beverages, but they can a...
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2019
aroma analysis
Effects of wine and dairy yeast fermentation on chemical constituents of tilapia fish head hydrolysate supplemented with glucose in an unsalted and acidic environment were investig...
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2019
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
aroma analysis
Chocolate production is a complex process during which numerous chemical reactions occur. The most important processes, involving most of the reactions important for development of...
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2019
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aeda
The roasted and ground root of the chicory plant (Cichorium intybus), often referred to as chicory coffee, has served as a coffee surrogate for well over 2 centuries and is still i...
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2019
Physiology & behavior
other
Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are known to strongly rely on chemical signals for social communication. However, little is known about their use of the sense of smell in foraging an...
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2019
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aroma analysis
The effects of guarana seed and pitanga leaf extracts on the physical-chemical and sensory characteristics, and oxidative stability of modified atmosphere-packaged lamb patties wit...
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2019
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
other
Monguba fruit has a seed with a chestnut-like flavor that can be consumed boiled, fried, and roasted. These nutritious seeds also have been used in popular medicine to treat severa...
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2019
Food chemistry
pharmacology
The effects of co-digestion of a carotenoid-rich vegetable such as carrot, cherry tomato or baby spinach with an anthocyanin-rich vegetable such as red cabbage with and without sal...
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2019
International journal of food microbiology
other
The growth of Shewanella spp., mainly S. baltica and S. putrefaciens, is responsible for the spoilage of chilled fresh fish. Phages are an alternative tool to control bacterial gro...
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2019
Food microbiology
other
We previously reported the isolation a suite of wild lactic acid-producing yeasts (LAYs) that enable "primary souring" during beer fermentation without the use of lactic acid bacte...
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2019
Biomolecules
pharmacology
Anacardium plants are native to the American tropical regions, and Anacardium occidentale L. (cashew tree) is the most recognized species of the genus. These species contain rich s...
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2019
'Faculty of Food Technology Osijek'
sensory panel
The use of inappropriate temperature-time combinations during the roasting of nuts could lead to quality defects, such as burnt taste, short shelf-life, rancidity, and poor flavour...
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2019
'MDPI AG'
other
: Fining treatments involve the addition of a substance or a mixture to wine, and are generally carried out in order to clarify, stabilize or modify the wine\u2019s organoleptic ch...
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2019
gc ms
The performances of a quartz crystal microbalances (QCMs) based on an electronic nose (E-nose), modified with hairpin-DNA (hpDNA) for carrot aroma profiling has been evaluated. Sol...
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PMID: 31357626
DOI: 10.3390/foods8080293
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2019
other
A novel method was developed for simultaneous determination of 10 progestin residues in fish by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry...
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PMID: 31192021
DOI: 10.1155/2019/6426958
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2019
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
sensory panel
Cocoa is one of the most important cultivated crops worldwide both in production and processing. But due to the change in weather conditions, pest and diseases, producers are looki...
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2019
Environmental science and pollution research international
gc ms
Biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contribute to the communication, growth, breeding, and defense of plant; their role in plant kingdom is vital. Carob tree is cultivated m...
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2019
Journal of food science
aeda
Caper (Capparis spinosa) is an important food ingredient whose fresh parts, particularly the flower buds, are consumed as a starter with olives, cheese, and nuts, or are used as a...
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2019
Journal of food biochemistry
other
In the present study, Dill (Anethum graveolens) seed essential oil, its nonpolar and polar fractions, compounds isolated and derivatized were evaluated for their antioxidant potent...
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2019
Food Technology and Biotechnology
sensory panel
The multicomponent mixtures consisting of herbs and fungi are commonly used for the production of alcoholic beverages with potential health-promoting effects in many Asian countrie...
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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.