Peer-Reviewed Research Database
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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.)
gc ms
Roasting is an important operation to produce attractive colors and distinctive flavors during the production of sesame oil. To investigate the contributions of macromolecules to t...
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2023
sensory panel
This study aimed to produce process flavorings from methionine and glucose via Maillard reaction by extrusion method. Modified starch was used as a carrier to reduce the torque and...
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2023
Journal of natural medicines
other
In Ayurveda, a traditional Indian medicine system, clarified butter is called ghee and is used for food and medicinal purposes. Since butter is subjected to heat to prepare ghee, t...
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2023
International journal of biological macromolecules
other
In this study, some common proteins including, whey protein isolate (WPI), soy protein isolate (SPI), and gelatin (G) conjugated with maltodextrin (MD) via Maillard reaction and we...
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2023
'Elsevier BV'
other
Among many strategies known to mitigate acrylamide formation, addition of cations, particularly calcium, is effective and can be used in bakery products. In this study, the effects...
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2023
gc ms
This work examined the role of selected non-volatile compounds in cooked cheese flavour, both as tastants and as precursors of aroma generation in the Maillard reaction. The effect...
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PMID: 37893642
DOI: 10.3390/foods12203749
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2023
aroma analysis
We explored the effect of microwave heating (MWH) and electric heating (ETH) on the volatile compounds (VCs) of pepper (<i>Capsicum annuum L.</i>). The spectral of the produced mel...
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2023
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
aroma analysis
Plant-based food products have been receiving an astronomical amount of attention recently, and their demand will most likely soar in the future. However, their unpleasant, intrins...
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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
Frontiers in Microbiology
aroma analysis
IntroductionAdding a fermentation medium is an effective way to improve the quality of cigar tobacco leaves.MethodsA novel microbial fermentation medium produced by an edible medic...
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2023
other
<i>Lycium barbarum</i> seed meal contains a variety of bioactive compounds, but the use of <i>L. barbarum</i> seed meal in the food industry is rare. This study aimed to evaluate t...
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PMID: 38231852
DOI: 10.3390/foods12234346
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2022
Frontiers in Nutrition
other
with the biocompatible ligands from the Maillard reaction. The composite structure elucidation was carried out by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microsco...
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2022
Foods
other
This study was aimed to investigate the structural and immunological properties of parvalbumin from mandarin fish during the Maillard reaction. The microwave-assisted the Maillard...
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2022
Polymers
other
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of 0.5% chitosan incorporation on acrylamide development in a food model solution containing 0.5% fructose and asparagine a...
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2022
Frontiers in Nutrition
other
< 0.05). The analysis of flavor volatiles showed that high-temperature fermentation decreased the levels of alcohols and esters and resulted in the formation of furanic and pyranic...
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2022
Frontiers in Nutrition
other
Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most common chronic multifactorial diseases, which is associated with the increased concentration of glucose in the blood. Therefore,...
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2022
Molecules
other
The current trend of lowering 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) dietary exposure is challenging since its formation is parallel with the development of food color, flavor and aroma....
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2022
Frontiers in Nutrition
other
The advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are formed in baked products through the Maillard reaction (MR), which are thought to be a contributing factor to chronic diseases such a...
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2022
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
other
Jiuzao glutelin isolate (JGI) was reported to possess interface and functional properties. To enhance the stability and properties of JGI, conjugation between JGI and carboxymethyl...
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2022
Molecules
other
< 0.05) the HMF formation (from 1236 µg/kg to 4239 µg/kg, respectively), probably through the dehydration of carbohydrates during the Maillard reaction. When explored treatments we...
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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.