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.
2023
aroma analysis
Summer green tea (SGT) has a low cost and high annual yield, but its utilization rate is limited due to suboptimal quality. The aim of this study is to enhance the flavor of SGT us...
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PMID: 37761129
DOI: 10.3390/foods12183420
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2023
Fermentation
other
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different amounts (40, 80 and 100 g) of non-fermented and fermented (with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum No. 122 and Lacticase...
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2023
Foods
aroma analysis
The aim of this study was to apply raspberry (Ras), blueberry (Blu) and elderberry (Eld) industry by-products (BIB) for unripened cow milk curd cheese (U-CC) enrichment. Firstly, a...
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2023
Journal of Dairy Science
aroma analysis
In this study we hypothesized that the relations between the bovine colostrum (BC) microbiota, biogenic amine (BA) as well as volatile compound (VC) profiles can lead to new deeper...
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2023
aroma analysis
To investigate the flavor characteristics of peanuts grown in Jiangsu, China, ten local varieties were selected. The amino acids, 5'-nucleotides and volatile substances were detect...
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PMID: 38137184
DOI: 10.3390/foods12244380
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2023
aroma analysis
The goal of this work was to investigate the impact of the flavoring of some aromatic plants/spices, including rosemary (R), lemon (L) and orange (O) at the concentration of 5% and...
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PMID: 36981228
DOI: 10.3390/foods12061301
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2023
aroma analysis
Introduction Cigar stacking fermentation is a key step in tobacco aroma enhancement and miscellaneous gas reduction, which both have a great influence on increasing cigar flavor an...
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2023
other
Introduction Although pulses are nutritious foods containing high amounts of protein, fiber and phytochemicals, their consumption and use in the food industry have been limited due...
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2023
aeda
Holy Basil is an herb with a high consumption in Thailand domestically and internationally due to its unique odor. A study on the aroma active profile of holy basil would allow for...
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2023
aeda
To comprehensively understand the volatile flavor composition of dry-rendered beef fat, solvent-assisted flavor evaporation (SAFE) with four extraction solvents (dichloromethane, p...
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PMID: 37685095
DOI: 10.3390/foods12173162
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2023
gc ms
The geographic origin of agri-food products contributes greatly to their quality and market value. Here, we developed a robust method combining metabolomics and machine learning (M...
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2023
International journal of biological macromolecules
other
Currently, microbial bioactive substances (postbiotics) are considered a promising tool for achieving customer demand for natural preservatives. This study aimed to investigate the...
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2023
gc ms
Background The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda , is a devastating invasive pest and a threat to food security in Africa, with yield losses of 20–50%. Recent studies high...
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2023
other
In most mammals and particularly in mice, chemical communication relies on the detection of ethologically relevant fitness-related cues from other individuals. In mice, urine is th...
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2023
gc ms
<i>Hypericum</i> species and especially <i>H. perforatum</i> L. are well known for their therapeutic applications. The present study assessed the essential oil (EO) composition, an...
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2023
gc ms
The recent decades' resurgence of bed bugs as a public health concern in industrialized countries has driven an increased interest on new sustainable insecticide-free methods to mo...
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2023
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aeda
Chardonnay marc, a co-product of the wine making industry, has recently garnered attention due to its health-promoting properties and is growing in popularity as a potential health...
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2023
OCL
sensory panel
The aims of this study were to cold-press mahaleb seed, and then fully characterize the oil to extent its food and functional food applications. The novelty of this study relies up...
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2023
gc ms
<i>Zanthoxylum myriacanthum</i> Wall. ex Hook. f., a plant belonging to the Rutaceae family and the <i>Zanthoxylum</i> genus, is extensively utilized for its medicinal properties a...
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2023
other
The foraging behavior of the infective juveniles (IJs) of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) relies on host-derived compounds, but in a tri-trophic context, herbivore-induced root v...
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PMID: 37445712
DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310536
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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.