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.
2022
Food Science and Technology
gc ms
In this study, the volatile organic compounds from Spondias tuberosa fruits of 16 accessions with different origins were extracted by solid-phase microextraction in headspace mode...
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2022
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aeda
White leaf mountain mint, Pycnanthemum albescens Torrey & A. Gray, also known as white mountain mint or white leaved mountain mint, is a species endemic in the American Southeast....
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2022
aeda
Pan-fried green tea (PGT) is an easily acceptable tea drink for general consumers. In this study, volatile profiles and characteristic aroma of 22 representative Chinese PGT sample...
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2022
aeda
White tea (WT) is a slightly fermented tea, and withering is a critical step in its processing. The withering treatment can affect white tea's aroma; different treatments' effects...
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PMID: 36010502
DOI: 10.3390/foods11162502
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2022
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aeda
Southern mountain mint, Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides (Leavenw.) Fernald, is a mountain mint species endemic to the southeastern United States. The odorants responsible for the plan...
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2022
gc ms
Green tea has distinct astringency, bitter taste, and typical green flavor because of its post-harvest treatment without withering and enzymatic oxidation. Microbial fermentation h...
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2022
aeda
In this experiment, Guangxi passion fruit was used as the raw material for natural aroma extraction using the spinning cone column (Spinning Cone Column, SCC) technique. In combina...
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2022
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
gc ms
Chocolate conching is a highly complex, thermomechanical process that transforms the aroma and flow properties of a dry starting material. Different conched plastic masses of dark...
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2022
other
The biofilm communities of <i>Candida</i> are resistant to various antifungal treatments. The ability of <i>Candida</i> to form biofilms on abiotic and biotic surfaces is considere...
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2022
aeda
This study investigated the differences between three sterilized samples to reveal the unique aroma characteristics of the sauce in bean paste fish by multiple analysis methodologi...
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PMID: 36613325
DOI: 10.3390/foods12010109
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2022
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
aroma analysis
BACKGROUND: Beyond nutrition, fruits and vegetables can be considered as natural sources of bioactive molecules, for which beneficial effects on human health are widely recognised....
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2022
Wiley-VCH GmbH
aeda
Scope
Breast milk is repeatedly postulated to shape the first aroma and taste impressions of infants and thus impact their flavor learning. The objective of this study is to assess...
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2022
gc ms
The use of plant extracts such as essential oils (EOs) as botanical pesticides has numerous advantages, including the high effectiveness against a wide range of diseases and pest i...
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2022
aeda
Xinyang Maojian (XYMJ) is one of the premium green teas and originates from Xinyang, which is the northernmost green tea production area in China. The special geographic location,...
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PMID: 36076866
DOI: 10.3390/foods11172682
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2022
gc ms
The flavor of blueberry fruit products is an important parameter determining consumer satisfaction. Wild lowbush blueberries are primarily processed into products, but their flavor...
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PMID: 36010515
DOI: 10.3390/foods11162516
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2022
aeda
This study focuses on analyzing aqueous solutions of aroma-active compounds in Xinhui Chenpi distilled after being heated with headspace solid-phase microextraction and gas chromat...
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2022
gc ms
To investigate the flavor changes of Fuliji roast chicken during processing and storage, the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during processing (fresh, fried, stewed and sterilize...
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2021
Food Science & Nutrition
other
contamination, the samples packed in active films were safe until the last day of storage (30th day), while the control sample was unacceptable at 17th day of storage. According to...
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2021
Frontiers in Psychiatry
other
-THC), which are hypothesised to benefit multiple illnesses manifesting cognitive impairment, neurodegeneration and neuro-inflammation, as well as chronic pain, epilepsy and post-t...
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2021
Scientific Reports
other
Terpenes are fragrant aromatic compounds produced by a variety of plants, most notably cannabis and hops. With increasing legalization of cannabis there is a need to better underst...
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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.