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.
2026
sensory panel
Flavor-relevant trace volatiles and microbial communities were examined in six sauce-aroma high-temperature Daqu samples. Headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chr...
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PMID: 41683185
DOI: 10.3390/foods15030599
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2026
aeda
The aromatic quality of cigars represents their core value, arising from the thermal transformation and migration of inherent components within tobacco leaves-a highly complex dyna...
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2026
aeda
Cultivated pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) is a valuable sustainable source of nutritious and tasty food. The Sensomics approach was applied to elucidate the impact of cooking on th...
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2026
other
Driven by the growing demand for flavor diversification in the global craft beer market, conventional drum roasting for specialty malt faces limitations in time consumption and fla...
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PMID: 41897835
DOI: 10.3390/foods15061113
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2026
aeda
In Chinese cuisine, seasoning oil enhances the aroma and appearance of dishes. This study examined how processing affects flavor release in multi-ingredient oils. Volatile organic...
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2026
aroma analysis
Herein, the study aimed to investigate pre-treatments processing on aroma profiles and nutritional quality of cold-pressing sesame oil (CPSO), roasting sesame oil (RSO), microwave...
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2026
gc ms
<h4>Background</h4>In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for high-quality dried aquatic products that possess similar organoleptic and nutritional qualities to their...
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2026
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
aeda
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of roasting temperature on the flavor characteristics of shelled macadamia kernels (SMKs) employing quantitative descriptive sensory analysi...
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2026
aeda
This study investigated the effects of three thermal processing methods (microwave, MW; sous-vide, SV; and air frying, AF) on the texture, color, volatile, and nonvolatile componen...
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2026
sensory panel
This study investigated the changes in volatile flavor compounds of <i>Boletus edulis</i> under different cooking methods (fresh, steaming, frying, roasting and boiling) using gas...
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PMID: 41541706
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.71430
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2026
gc ms
The increasing demand for artisanal chocolates highlights the importance of reliable analytical strategies for quality assurance and product authentication. In this study, 45 Brazi...
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2026
Food chemistry
aroma analysis
In this study, Chinese quince fruits proanthocyanidins (PA) were added at different levels (20 mg/100 g - 60 mg/100 g) at the soaking or drying stages of processing roasted sesame...
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2026
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
gc ms
This study investigated the effects of plant-based oil composition on the physicochemical properties, sensory perception, and digestive stability of sodium-reduced emulsions. Four...
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2026
sensory panel
This study aimed to analyze the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for different rice aroma types using sensory evaluation, headspace solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography...
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PMID: 41596799
DOI: 10.3390/foods15020200
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2026
sensory panel
<h4>Background</h4>This study aimed to develop an anchovy sauce with enhanced savory odor and reduced off-flavors and biogenic amine (BA) content by applying reaction flavor techno...
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2026
gc ms
This study systematically evaluated the effects of four drying methods (sun-drying (SD), vacuum drying (VD), hot-air drying (HAD), and vacuum freeze-drying (VFD)) on the quality at...
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2026
aroma analysis
Fragrant sunflower seed oil (FSO) is renowned for its distinctive flavor profile; however, the mechanistic relationships between its characteristic aroma compounds and their endoge...
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2026
aeda
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play a crucial role in cocoa fermentation, shaping its final aromatic profile. The aim of this research was to identify the volatile compounds pro...
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2026
sensory panel
Meat-based broths are increasingly popular with consumers; however, their volatile profiles remain underexplored. This study uses headspace solid-phase microextraction-Arrow combin...
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2025
Foods
sensory panel
) products predominantly involve low-value-added processing, while high-value-added products like fish floss remain underdeveloped. This study utilized mackerel dorsal muscle treat...
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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.