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.
2023
gc ms
<i>Zhayu</i> is a type of traditional fermented fish product in China that is made through the fermentation of salted fish with a mixture of cereals and spices. Inoculation ferment...
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PMID: 37174306
DOI: 10.3390/foods12091768
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2023
gc ms
Cocoa bean fermentation is an important process because during this process, aroma compounds are produced, the astringency decreases, and the embryo dies. The fermentation processe...
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2023
other
According to industry estimates, approximately 7 billion day-old male chicks are disposed of annually worldwide because they are not of use to the layer industry. A practical proce...
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2023
aroma analysis
The continuous development of bakery products as well as the increased demands from consumers transform ancient grains into alternatives with high nutritional potential for modern...
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PMID: 36900613
DOI: 10.3390/foods12051096
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2023
Applied microbiology and biotechnology
aroma analysis
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a public health problem worldwide, and current diagnostic methods have certain limitations. In recent years, volatile organic compounds (...
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2023
MDPI
gc ms
Citation: Marín-San Román, S.;Pérez-Álvarez, E.P.; Sáenz de Urturi,I.; Parra-Torrejón, B.; Ramírez-Rodríguez, G.B.; Delgado-López,J.M.; Garde-Cerdán, T. Changes onGrape Aroma Compo...
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2023
gc ms
<i>Bacillus</i> species produce different classes of antimicrobial and antioxidant substances: peptides or proteins with different structural compositions and molecular masses and...
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2023
aroma analysis
Microorganisms living in and on macroorganisms may produce microbial volatile compounds (mVOCs) that characterise organismal odours. The mVOCs might thereby provide a reliable cue...
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2023
gc ms
Thermal treatment usually leads to the flavor deterioration of melon juice. This study was initiated to evaluate the retention effect of ultrasonic (US) and ultra-high pressure (UH...
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2023
gc ms
To systematically and comprehensively investigate the metabolic characteristics of coloring substances and floral aroma substances in <i>Camellia oleifera</i> petals with different...
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2023
aroma analysis
Gonystylus bancanus wood or ramin wood has been generally known as a source of agarwood (gaharu) bouya, a kind of agarwood inferior type, or under the exported trading name of aeto...
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2023
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>The present study aimed to investigate the changes in volatile components and metabolites of Dendrobium officinale (D. officinale) juice fermented with starter c...
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2023
other
We report here "sandwich"-diimine copper complex-catalyzed trifluoroethylation and pentafluoropropylation of unactivated C(sp<sup>3</sup> )-H bonds in alkyl esters, halides, and pr...
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2023
aroma analysis
This investigation aims to elucidate the roles of lipids on the volatilome evolution of postmortem lamb and its possible modulated mechanism behind. Firstly, the physicochemical pr...
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2023
sensory panel
Millet Huangjiu is a national alcoholic beverage in China. The quality of Chinese millet Huangjiu is significantly influenced by the protein components in the raw materials of mill...
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PMID: 37048279
DOI: 10.3390/foods12071458
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2023
aroma analysis
The present work aims to evaluate the roles of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) in the formation of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from grape tomatoes during ripening. Fruits were treated...
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2023
aeda
Aroma types of green teas associate with their commercial prices and consumer acceptance, mainly including floral-like (HX), chestnut-like (LX), and fresh (QX) aromas. However, the...
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2023
other
Polyurethanes (PURs) are versatile polymers used in a wide variety of fields, such as the medical, automotive, textile, thermal insulation, and coating industries as well as many e...
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PMID: 37504748
DOI: 10.3390/jof9070760
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2023
other
Cytidine deaminases (CDAs) catalyze the hydrolytic deamination of cytidine and 2'-deoxycytidine to uridine and 2'-deoxyuridine. Here, we report that prokaryotic homo-tetrameric CDA...
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2023
aeda
Silver carp (<i>Hypophthalmichthys molitrix</i>) is normally cooked at a high temperature. In order to explore the effects of cooking methods on the protein nutritional values and...
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PMID: 37685102
DOI: 10.3390/foods12173169
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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.