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
Previous studies have shown a correlation between chocolate sensory profile and certain (bio)chemical components. The aim of this study was to examine the sensorial profile and org...
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2024
aroma analysis
This study investigated the effect of ultrasound (20-60 min, 40 kHz, 280 W) on the structural, physicochemical, and emulsifying properties of aquafaba extracted from various legume...
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2024
Food chemistry
other
The objective of this study was to identify bioactive oligosaccharides and peptides in the cooking water of chickpeas and common beans, known as aquafaba. The oligosaccharides stac...
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2024
Journal of food science
gc ms
Whipped chickpea aquafaba (WAF) exhibits foaming, emulsifying, and gelling properties, making it a potential ingredient for replacing cream in ice cream formulations. The aim of th...
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2024
gc ms
The fermentation process was carried out with varied input variables, and all the models showed significant p-values for interaction of variance (<0.05). Millet rice yellow wine wi...
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2024
gc ms
The distinctive aroma produced by soy milk is thought to come from volatile compounds. The development and use of soy milk derivative products require a deep understanding and char...
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2024
aeda
Investigation of the aroma differences among different kinds of soy sauces is beneficial for controlling their flavor quality and processing improvement from the perspectives of ra...
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2024
aeda
In order to identify the differences in flavor among different grades of stir-fried Pixian broad bean paste, solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-...
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2024
sensory panel
Tea flower, with characteristic flavor formed during blooming, are a significant tea resource. However, studies on the volatile compounds of tea flower and their aroma characterist...
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2024
gc ms
The characteristic aroma compounds of traditional braised pork were investigated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-olfactometry (GC-MS-O), odor-activity values, and aroma rec...
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2024
gc ms
The aroma-active compounds (AACs) of traditional vinegars are formed through complexed pathways. Moreover, their source is not clear yet. The composition of AACs throughout the ent...
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2024
gc ms
Oyster sauce (OS) is a highly processed oyster product. However, the significant price difference between OS and fresh oysters raises a question: Does authentic OS truly contain co...
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2024
gc ms
Among the Moscato grapes, Moscato Giallo is a winegrape variety characterised by a high content of free and glycosylated monoterpenoids, which gives wines very intense notes of rip...
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PMID: 38927113
DOI: 10.3390/biom14060710
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2024
aroma analysis
Baechu-kimchi is a traditional vegetable fermented food using kimchi cabbage (Brassica rapa) as the main ingredient. A wide variety of ingredients can be used in kimchi depending o...
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2024
aroma analysis
Proton-transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS), combined with electronic nose (E-nose), was first used to track the change of volatile organic compounds (VO...
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2024
gc ms
This study demonstrates that the co-inoculation with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, Pichia fermentans and Staphylococcus saprophyticus accelerates catfish frame fish sauce fermenta...
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2024
aeda
In this study, flavor characteristics and dynamic change of Chinese traditional fermented fish sauce (Yu-lu) with different fermentation time (2, 4, 6, 8, and 12 months) were analy...
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2024
Food chemistry
other
This study was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of activated carbon on reduction in biogenic amines (BAs) via two-stage adsorption process at industrial scale, and the conseq...
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2024
sensory panel
This study focuses on characterising two seasoned products, violino and bresaola, derived from <i>grass-fed</i> Bergamasca sheep monitored with a GPS system. The evaluation include...
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PMID: 38338130
DOI: 10.3390/ani14030488
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2024
sensory panel
Two cultivars of wild rocket (<i>Diplotaxis tenuifolia</i>), cv. Denver and Marte, were subjected to chemical determination of flavour-related constituents, sensory descriptive ana...
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PMID: 38890927
DOI: 10.3390/foods13111699
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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.