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
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aeda
Alpinia zerumbet, a species of the Zingiberaceae family, is a common plant in tropical and subtropical areas used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases and also include...
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2023
American journal of rhinology & allergy
other
INTRODUCTION: Patients often describe the olfactory loss as either the inability to detect unpleasant odors (eg, smoke or spoiled food) or noticeable impairment in enjoying pleasan...
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2023
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology
other
Medicinal or herbal spices are grown in tropical moist evergreen forestland, surrounding most of the tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Himalayas in India (Sikkim, Darjeel...
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2023
aroma analysis
This study aimed to investigate the thermal behavior and composition of volatile compounds, fatty acids and polyphenols in paprika obtained from peppers of different countries. The...
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PMID: 37238859
DOI: 10.3390/foods12102041
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2023
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
aroma analysis
The genus Allium comprises of at least 918 species; the majority grown for dietary and medicinal purposes. This review describes the traditional uses, phytoconstituents, anti-infla...
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2023
aroma analysis
<h4>Objective</h4>This study determined the effects of dietary treatments and castration on meat quality, fatty acids (FAs) profiles, and volatile compounds in Korean native black...
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PMID: 36634653
DOI: 10.5713/ab.22.0378
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2023
gc ms
Truffle is an important food source for wild animals and a significant part of the ecosystem, indicating a healthy forest. With their unique aromas, truffles are also a crucial foo...
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2023
gc ms
In order to study the effects and mechanism of Monascus on the quality of hairtail surimi, high-throughput sequencing technology, headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromato...
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PMID: 37569159
DOI: 10.3390/foods12152891
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2023
gc ms
Avocado (<i>Persea americana</i> Mill.) is a tree crop of great social and economic importance. However, the crop productivity is hindered by fast-spreading diseases, which calls f...
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2023
PloS one
gc ms
The effect of 20% high degree polymerized agave fructans (HDPAF) on the induction of the defense system in avocado fruits was investigated by transcriptomic analysis at 1, 24 and 7...
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2023
World journal of microbiology & biotechnology
other
Kluyveromyces marxianus yeasts represent a valuable industry alternative due to their biotechnological potential to produce aromatic compounds. 2-phenylethanol and 2-phenylethylace...
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2023
aroma analysis
Controlling flavor perception by analyzing volatile and taste compounds is a key challenge for food industries, as flavor is the result of a complex mix of components. Machine-lear...
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2023
Frontiers in Microbiology
sensory panel
The ancient traditional Chinese drink Bian-Que Triple-Bean Soup made by fermentation (FTBS) of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis YM313 and Lacticaseibacillus casei YQ336 is a potent...
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2023
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
The nutritional value and health-promoting properties cause the fruits (acorns) of Quercus spp. to have great potential for use in the food industry as functional ingredients and a...
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2023
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
other
The combination of fruit pulps from different species, in addition to multiplying the offer of flavors, aromas and textures, favors the nutritional spectrum and the diversity of bi...
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2023
gc ms
Almost 60% of the fish meal produced globally is used in aquaculture feeds. Fish meal production relies on finite wild-marine resources and is considered as an unsustainable ingred...
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PMID: 37496745
DOI: 10.1155/2023/6628232
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aeda
Sacha Inchi seed oil (SIO) is rich in omega 3, 6, and 9 fatty acids with important health benefits, but is temperature sensitive. Spray drying is a technology that improves the lon...
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2023
Wiley-Blackwell
aroma analysis
peer reviewedRoasting is widely applied in oil processing to improve the extraction yield and desired sensory characteristics. The current study is aimed at optimizing roasting con...
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2023
Carbohydrate research
gc ms
The polysaccharide fraction PNE-P1 was isolated from hot water extract (PNE) of the defatted meal of pine nuts (Pinus koraiensis) using DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. This f...
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2023
other
With the rise of plant-based meat alternatives, there is a growing need for sustainable and nutritious sources of protein. Alga is a rich protein source, and initial studies show t...
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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.