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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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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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2026 gc ms

Comparative analysis of bioactivities of leaf extracts from wild plant species <i>Verbascum sinuatum</i>, <i>Amaranthus spinosus</i>, <i>Carduus getulus</i>, and <i>Heterotheca subaxillaris</i> collected in Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Traditional medicinal plants are valuable sources of bioactive compounds, many acting synergistically and their therapeutic uses are increasingly recognized. In this study, we exam... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 41727551 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1753226 Full text on PMC
2026 sensory panel

Enhancing natto quality by co-fermentation with <i>Pediococcus pentosaceus</i> PP04 and <i>Bacillus velezensis</i> BV702: Nattokinase activity, nutritional profile, and flavor characteristics.

<i>Bacillus</i> spp. are the main nattokinase (NK) producers, but monoculture fermentation often causes an unpleasant ammoniacal odor. This study first selected <i>B. velezensis</i... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 41551813 DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2025.103430 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.