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
Advances in food and nutrition research
gc ms
Plastics and related contaminants (including microplastics; MPs and nanoplastics; NPs) have become a serious global safety issue due to their overuse in many products and applicati...
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2023
gc ms
Liu-pao tea (LPT) has unique aroma characteristics, and is a special microbial fermented tea produced using dark raw tea (LPM) as its raw material. In this study, stir bar sorptive...
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2023
aeda
To understand the overall flavor of the dzo beef, fatty acids, volatile compounds and aroma profiles of dzo beef samples (raw beef (RB), broth (BT) and cooked beef (CB)) were inves...
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2023
other
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have gained substantial attention in the scientific community due to their surging consumption and potential health repercussions. In addition to their...
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PMID: 38068731
DOI: 10.3390/nu15234873
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2023
gc ms
Headspace solid-phase microextraction followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME/GC-MS) represents the most used solvent-free methodology for the characterization of...
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2023
aeda
Aroma has a major role in coffee acceptance by consumers. This work has assessed the application of cold plasma technology to induce modifications in ground coffee beans without re...
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2023
gc ms
Use of basil in its fresh form is increasingly popular due to its unique aromatic and sensory properties. However, fresh basil has a short shelf life and high chilling sensitivity...
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2023
other
Development of fermented flavour during storage reduces acceptability of Shughri pear. Therefore, the current study was designed to investigate the combined effect of 1-Methylcyclo...
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2023
other
'Abate Fétel', a winter cultivar, is the most important pear cultivar in Italy; its fruits are appreciated by consumers for their aroma, texture and balanced sweet and sour taste....
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2023
aroma analysis
Fermentation is a crucial process in the production of alcoholic beverages such as spirits, which produces a number of volatile compounds due to the metabolic activities of yeast....
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PMID: 37238769
DOI: 10.3390/foods12101951
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2023
gc ms
Aroma is one of the most important sensory characteristics of fruit quality. Here, the aroma composition of mature fruits of 202 pear cultivars was detected by headspace solid-phas...
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2023
gc ms
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) remains the traditional malted cereal used for beverages, whereas rye (Secale cereale L.) is mainly used in baked goods. To evaluate the potential of ry...
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
other
Whole grains (WGs) are considered as the representative sources of dietary fiber (DF). Thermal treatments can change the properties of DF, and potentially affecting the gut microbi...
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2023
other
The research work was funded by Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST). © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Gua...
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2023
sensory panel
Headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME/GC-MS), sensory evaluation, and multivariate analysis were applied to monitor and com...
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2023
sensory panel
To improve cocoa pulp’s shelf-life, preservation processes are necessary while maintaining the quality of the pulp. We applied pasteurisation and UHT-treatment and investigated dif...
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2023
Mycotoxin research
other
Zearalenone is a frequently occurring and well-known mycotoxin developed in cereals before and during the harvest period by Fusarium spp. mainly in maize and wheat. In addition to...
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2023
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
other
BACKGROUND: Okara is the main waste of soy processing and represents a large economic and environmental burden. Nevertheless, the fibre and protein content of okara supports the up...
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2023
Food chemistry
other
Asparagine and sugars are direct precursors of acrylamide; however, proteins and fibres can also influence it. In this study, biscuits prepared replacing wheat flour with increasin...
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2023
gc ms
A microwave hot pressing machine (MHPM) was used to heat the colander to produce fixed oils from each of castor, sunflower, rapeseed, and moringa seed and compared them to those ob...
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PMID: 37242830
DOI: 10.3390/polym15102254
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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.