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.
2024
gc ms
This study investigated the quality changes of dry salted mackerel during curing and drying process and the relationship between flavor substances and microorganisms. The results s...
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2024
gc ms
This study employed gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with olfactory (GC-MS-O) and multi-omics methods to investigate the changes in volatile flavor compounds during the freezin...
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2024
Food chemistry
other
Cured Spanish mackerel has a promising market owing to its nutritious nature as well as ease of transportation and preservation. However, the nutritional and flavor formation mecha...
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2024
Food & function
gc ms
Spanish mackerel is an important economic fish species in China, but corruption undermines its overall economic value. Fermentation serves as a crucial technique for preserving per...
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2024
other
Even with the growing consumption of plant-based products, the consumption of soy-based products is still a limitation due to the off-flavor of soy. Thus, two studies were performe...
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2024
gc ms
Food is one of the most necessary needs since human civilization. For Muslims, it is mandatory to consume halal food. From a halal authentication perspective, adulteration of food...
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PMID: 38455157
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.3870
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2024
aroma analysis
Two samples, simple-battered chicken (SBC) and normal-battered chicken (NBC), with different batters were deep-fat fried at various conditions and volatile compounds and 5-hydroxym...
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2024
sensory panel
This study examined the physicochemical properties, flavor, and quality characteristics of tofu made from three Korean soybean cultivars (Daewonkong, Seonpung, Seonyu2ho) grown in...
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2024
International journal of biological macromolecules
other
This study aimed to prepare oregano essential oil microcapsules (EOMs) by the active coalescence method using gelatin and sodium alginate as wall materials and oregano essential oi...
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2024
gc ms
Peas (<i>Pisum sativum</i> L.) serve as a significant source of plant-based protein, garnering consumer attention due to their high nutritional value and non-GMO modified nature; h...
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PMID: 38998605
DOI: 10.3390/foods13132099
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2024
gc ms
The beany flavor of soy protein isolate (SPI) creates barriers to their application in food processing. This study investigated the effect of ultrasonic-thermal synergistic treatme...
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2024
Journal of integrative plant biology
other
Knockout of the soybean (Glycine max) betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase genes GmBADH1 and GmBADH2 using CRISPR/Cas12i3 enhances the aroma of soybeans. Soy milk made from the gmbadh1/2...
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2024
Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society
pharmacology
INTRODUCTION: Soursop (Annona muricata L.) is a crop with medicinal properties and numerous bioactive compounds. Ripening is a complex process that regulates fruit quality and chan...
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2024
gc ms
Allelopathy is a biological process in which one organism releases biochemicals that affect the growth and development of other organisms. The current investigation sought to deter...
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2024
other
(1) Background: <i>Oxalis pes-caprae</i> L. is a plant considered within the group of so-called Wild Edible Plants (WEPs). The particularity of these plants is that they grow only...
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PMID: 38540848
DOI: 10.3390/foods13060858
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2024
sensory panel
To improve the overall sensory evaluation of regular coffee, a mixture of β-CD/flavour CD powder was prepared by a freeze-drying method. Cyclodextrin inclusion complexes consist of...
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PMID: 39123551
DOI: 10.3390/foods13152359
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2024
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
other
Seafood plays a major role in the human diet. During transportation, without proper storage and supply chain, its quality deteriorates easily. The post-harvesting processes such as...
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2024
other
Cooking food at high temperatures can lead to the formation of harmful chemical compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The purpose of this study was to conduct a...
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2024
Elsevier
aroma analysis
Duckweeds (water lentils) are a nutritious human food source, with Wolffia species consumed traditionally in Eastern Asia. Duckweed contain up to 45 % protein by dry weight, high m...
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2024
gc ms
Abstract Quinoa is a full‐nutrition food; however, its poor flavor and small size make it not the best food option for direct consumption. In this study, a quinoa snack (QS, a cake...
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PMID: 39055212
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4128
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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.