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.
2018
Chemistry & biodiversity
gc ms
This article reports the chemical composition of the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of male and female H. scabrum fresh leaves. The essential oils, HSMO and HSFO, res...
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2018
threshold study
Application of the aroma extract dilution analysis (AEDA) on the volatiles isolated by extraction/SAFE distillation from NFC (not from concentrate) juice from Hamlin oranges reveal...
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2018
gc ms
Chocolate is one of the most consumed foods worldwide and cacao fermentation contributes to the unique sensory characteristics of chocolate products. However, comparative changes i...
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2018
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
Floral scent is important in plant reproduction and also has aesthetic implications. However, the accurate determination of aroma is presently limited by the available collection a...
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PMID: 30322071
DOI: 10.3390/s18103429
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2018
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
gc ms
The dried cubeb berries are widely used as medicinal herb and spicy condiment with special flavor. However, there is a significant definition discrepancy for cubeb berries. In this...
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2018
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aeda
The volatiles isolated from samples of the special flavor hop varieties, Huell Melon and Polaris, and from the aroma hop variety, Hallertau Tradition, by solvent extraction and sol...
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2018
Food chemistry
sensory panel
The objective of the current study was to correlate the sensory and instrumental flavor analysis results of commercial orange juice (OJ) products prepared by different processing m...
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2018
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>Juniperus communis L. represents a multi-purpose crop used in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industry. Several studies present the possible medicinal pro...
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2018
Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
gc ms
Volatile components originating from Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote and Lavandula x intermedia Grosso plants cultivated in a medicinal plant garden of Hoshi University located in s...
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2018
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
other
BACKGROUND
The fruits of most commercial tomato cultivars (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are deficient in flavour. In contrast, traditional ‘criollo’ tomato varieties are appreciated f...
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2018
aeda
The free aromatic composition of must from Pedro Giménez grapes, grown in San Juan, Argentina, was characterised. Samples from the vintages of 2008 and 2009 were analysed by gas ch...
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2018
aeda
Jasmine scented black tea is widely popular in China and the scenting process is the most crucial issue affecting its aroma quality. This study aimed to analyze the influence of di...
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2018
other
Production of aromatic monoterpene molecules in hop flowers is affected by genetic, environmental, and processing factors. Here, the authors engineer brewer’s yeast for the product...
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2018
aroma analysis
This study was conducted to characterize the volatile components of Korean fermented tea and blended tea with Korean fermented tea and several herbs. A total of 161 volatile compon...
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2018
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aeda
A chestnut-like aroma is widely considered an important indicator of an excellent-quality green tea; however, the key odorants responsible for chestnut-like aroma have never been s...
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2018
BMC complementary and alternative medicine
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Identifying ornamental plants as new natural antioxidant and antimicrobial sources is always of great importance for the ornamental and horticultural industries. METHOD...
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2018
Nutrients
other
Chinotto (Citrus myrtifolia Raf.) is a widely diffused plant native from China and its fruits have a wide-spread use in confectionary and drinks. Remarkably, only little has been r...
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PMID: 29912150
DOI: 10.3390/nu10060783
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2018
Food chemistry
gc ms
Despite numerous studies, the identity of the compounds that are responsible for 'stone fruit' aroma in wine has not been conclusively established. This study focussed on wine vari...
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2018
Journal of food and drug analysis
aeda
Volatile compounds in 'Sweetheart' lychee were examined using gas chromatography-olfactometry/mass spectrometry (GC-O/MS). Solvent assisted flavor evaporation (SAFE) technique was...
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2018
Scientia Agropecuaria
gc ms
This study was performed to investigate the volatile compounds for the characteristic aroma in jabuticaba fruit distributed in southern and central regions of Brazil. The present w...
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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.