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
pharmacology
The piquin chili is a wild spice widely consumed from the South United States to Central America and stands out as a source of flavonoids, essential metabolites with antioxidant pr...
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2024
aroma analysis
Chili is a globally significant spice used fresh or dried for culinary, condiment, and medicinal purposes. Growing concerns about food safety have increased the demand for high-qua...
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2024
gc ms
Thus far, little is known about whether jackfruit flake, a byproduct of jackfruit, can be used as a fermentation substrate to obtain value-added products through microbial fermenta...
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2024
aroma analysis
Research ArticleReceived: 23 June 2023 Revised: 9 October 2023 Accepted article published: 13 October 2023 Published online in Wiley Online Library:(wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI 10....
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2024
other
<h4>Background</h4>Dengue is a devastating viral disease transmitted by mosquito vectors of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Mosquito populations thrive in favourable breeding c...
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2024
other
Hyssop (<i>Hyssopus officinalis</i> L.) and oregano (<i>Origanum vulgare</i> L.), traditionally used for their antimicrobial properties, can be considered viable candidates for nan...
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2024
National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute & Iranian Probiotic and Functional Foods Society
aroma analysis
Background and Objective: Komak beans include high nutritional values, making them promising raw materials for alternative food sources such as tempe. Because the beans are hard, t...
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2024
other
Prior research on the relationship between the taste, aroma and drinking utensils of beverages tends to focus on topics such as alcohol, sparkling beverages, juice, coffee, and hot...
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2024
aeda
The dynamic changes in volatile organic compounds (VOCs), reducing sugars, and amino acids of Dictyophora rubrovalvata (DR) at various drying temperatures were analyzed using GC-IM...
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2024
aroma analysis
In recent years, climate change has led to higher grape must sugar content and, consequently, increased alcohol by volume. Evaporative or pertraction is a common method for post-fe...
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2024
gc ms
Probing the chemical profiles and biological activities of medicinal plants is important for the discovery of new potent therapeutic products. Our study deciphers the chemical comp...
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2024
other
A significant portion of the human diet is comprised of fruits, which are consumed globally either raw or after being processed. A huge amount of waste and by-products such as skin...
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2024
pharmacology
The Cucurbitaceae family is an extensive group of fruits and vegetables that exhibit common characteristics; for example, they are farmed on a global scale and exhibit a wide range...
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PMID: 38672815
DOI: 10.3390/foods13081142
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2024
gc ms
Abstract Gamma irradiation is one of the preservation techniques used to increase the shelf life of foods. The current study was aimed to determine the volatile flavor contents of...
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2024
other
To investigate the effect of freeze-thaw (FT) process on the yield and quality of tiger nut oil, tiger nuts were subjected to 0-12 cycles of FT treatment. Results indicated that FT...
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2024
pharmacology
This review provides an overview of cannabis-based phytocannabinoids, focusing on their mechanisms of action, therapeutic applications, and production processes, along with the env...
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PMID: 39457041
DOI: 10.3390/ijms252011258
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2024
Food chemistry
aeda
Aroma is a crucial indicator of hop quality. This study analyzed the differences in aroma compound composition among six hop varieties from three regions: North America, Europe, an...
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2024
eLife
other
Odour processing exhibits multiple parallels between vertebrate and invertebrate olfactory systems. Insects, in particular, have emerged as relevant models for olfactory studies be...
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PMID: 39235447
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.93789
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2024
other
Squid (<i>Loligo vulgaris</i>) is commonly prone to spoilage, leading to a short shelf-life. High-pressure processing (HPP) can play a role in maintaining the quality and freshness...
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PMID: 38672936
DOI: 10.3390/foods13081264
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2024
aroma analysis
The protein and fat in chicken skeleton can be emulsified in a boiling state to form milky white chicken soup. White chicken soup has a delicious taste, good nutritional value, a b...
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PMID: 38338545
DOI: 10.3390/foods13030410
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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.