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
Frontiers in nutrition
other
A previous double-blind, randomized clinical trial of 42 healthy individuals conducted with Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2 found that the probiotic's mechanistic tryptophan pathway w...
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2023
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
aroma analysis
Maillard flavor compounds, such as 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, have been frequently identified in thermally processed food products, such as popcorn and peanuts. However, the origin o...
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2023
gc ms
Specialty coffees from various geographical origins were processed using different extraction methods. Four extraction techniques were employed: cold brew (CB), espresso (ES), Fren...
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PMID: 38002183
DOI: 10.3390/foods12224125
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2023
gc ms
The quality of the flavor of potatoes is a crucial determinant in the commercial success of a potato variety. Plant nutrition promotes the synthesis of amino acids, and the applica...
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PMID: 37959069
DOI: 10.3390/foods12213951
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2023
sensory panel
Although cold brew coffee is becoming increasingly popular among consumers, the long coffee extraction time is not conducive to the further development of the market. This study ex...
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PMID: 37893750
DOI: 10.3390/foods12203857
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2023
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
gc ms
BACKGROUND: Solid-state fermentation (SSF) is a general approach for preparing food and feed, which not only improves nutrition but also provides prebiotics and metabolites. Althou...
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2023
aeda
<i>Actinidia arguta</i>, known for its distinctive flavor and high nutritional value, has seen an increase in cultivation and variety identification. However, the characterization...
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PMID: 37835267
DOI: 10.3390/foods12193615
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2023
gc ms
Galli gigerii endothelium corneum (GGEC) is a traditional Chinese medicine commonly used in clinical practice to treat various conditions such as indigestion, vomiting, spermatorrh...
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PMID: 37583472
DOI: 10.1155/2023/2259280
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2023
Food chemistry
aroma analysis
The flavor intensity of thermally processed 2‑threityl-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (TTCA) was significantly improved to 1.56 times of that generated from MRPs, but its flavor pr...
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2023
other
Biogenic amines (BAs), which are mainly generated by the microbial decarboxylation of amino acids, are important nitrogen compounds in fermented foods because of their toxicology....
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2023
other
The thermophilic phase of <i>Daqu</i> fermentation is considered the key period for aroma production in <i>Daqu</i>, but little is known about the changes in substances during this...
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2023
sensory panel
Excessive consumption of simple sugars is responsible for non-communicable diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. Xylitol has anticarcinogenic, prebiotic-...
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PMID: 38231744
DOI: 10.3390/foods12234270
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2023
gc ms
Fruit of <i>Carissa opaca</i> Stapf ex Haines (<i>C. opaca)</i> is a feed additive and is commonly used against cardiac dysfunction, fever, asthma, diarrhea, gastrointestinal ailme...
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2023
gc ms
Non-centrifugal cane sugar (NCS) is an unrefined dehydrated form of sugar syrup produced worldwide. To date, there is a lack of differentiation in the key nutrients and flavor qual...
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PMID: 37048227
DOI: 10.3390/foods12071406
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2023
aeda
Actinidia arguta is a fruit crop with high nutritional and economic value. However, its flavor quality depends on various factors, such as variety, environment, and post-harvest ha...
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2023
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aeda
Xinyang black tea (XYBT) is characterized by the honey sugar-like aroma which is produced during the fermentation process. However, the formation of this typical aroma is still unc...
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2023
sensory panel
The objective of this study was to characterize descriptive sensory attributes and volatile compounds among ground beef (GB) and plant-based meat alternatives (PBMA). The Beyond Bu...
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2023
other
The present study aimed to investigate the physical stability in terms of (droplet size, pH, and ionic strength) and chemical stability in terms of (retention) of D-limonene (LM) i...
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PMID: 36679351
DOI: 10.3390/polym15020471
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2023
gc ms
Luwak (civet) coffee is one of the most precious and exotic coffee commodities in the world. It has garnered an increasing reputation as the rarest and most expensive coffee, with...
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2023
other
The influence of pH was studied on volatile flavor formation during thermal treatment of an Amadori rearrangement product (ARP) with or without the addition of cysteine (Cys). The...
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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.