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.
From the CompKitchen team
Original research
Featured
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.
2025
other
Essential oils exhibit antioxidant properties but are prone to oxidative degradation under environmental conditions, making their preservation crucial. Therefore, the purpose of th...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 39940550
DOI: 10.3390/polym17030348
Full text on PMC
2025
sensory panel
Pig large intestines (PLIs) are usually processed into various dishes for consumption through cooking methods such as stir frying, stewing, and braising, which are difficult for ma...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 40646955
DOI: 10.3390/foods14132204
Full text on PMC
2025
aroma analysis
<i>Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis</i> is an important edible marine alga, currently recognized as the second most productive seaweed in China. In this study, the flavor and nutrition...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
gc ms
Seaweed is a sustainable ingredient that has been suggested to improve the nutritional aspects as well as the sensory properties of different food products. The objective of this s...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 40807501
DOI: 10.3390/foods14152565
Full text on PMC
2025
other
This study analyzes the aromatic profiles of kiwi-based fermented beverages, inoculated with varying proportions of milk kefir grains and incubated under different shaking rates. T...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 40724321
DOI: 10.3390/foods14142502
Full text on PMC
2025
aeda
Partial or total replacement of pork fat with homologous functional oils may meet consumer demand for healthy meat products while preserving their sensory quality. This study inves...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 41375996
DOI: 10.3390/foods14234059
Full text on PMC
2025
Frontiers in Nutrition
sensory panel
This study systematically compared meat quality characteristics and flavor profiles between the local Shanxi breed Bian chicken (BIAN) and the commercial Cobb broiler (CB) using a...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
other
This study compared the antimicrobial activity of several essential oils (EOs) vapor against food spoilage microbiota and further investigated the potential of EO vapor in extendin...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
gc ms
Mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful analytical technique that is widely used to characterize a variety of analytes across diverse fields. In the area of biomass conversion, which...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 39940460
DOI: 10.3390/polym17030258
Full text on PMC
2025
gc ms
<title>Abstract</title> <p>Organochlorine pesticide residues, OCPs are group of synthetic chemicals containing chlorine, hydrogen, carbon and are highly hydrophobic, slowly biodeg...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
other
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) bean fermentation is a spontaneous process involving interactions between abiotic and biotic factors that contribute to the final flavours of chocolate....
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
gc ms
Guang Chenpi (GCP), a geographically protected citrus peel aged ≥ 3 years, is renowned for its medicinal and culinary value. However, scientific guidelines for optimizing its stora...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 40488194
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.70393
Full text on PMC
2025
Food chemistry
gc ms
On-line high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) - gas chromatography (GC) analysis of 28 whole cocoa beans before and after transport in jute bags contaminated with mineral o...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
aroma analysis
This study investigated the effects of Lactobacillus helveticus fermentation on the phytochemicals, functional properties and volatile compounds in both clear and cloudy kiwi juice...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
aroma analysis
This study demonstrates that the jujube maturity significantly affects the physicochemical properties, antioxidant capacities, and volatile profiles of jujube wine. The semi-red ju...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
aroma analysis
Fermentation can significantly change the chemical composition and aroma profile of beverage. In this study, a strain of Zygosaccharomyces rouxii was isolated from naturally fermen...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
Food chemistry
gc ms
Jujube, a nutrient-rich fruit high in fructose and glucose, presents a valuable substrate for fermentation by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. However, the specific metabolic mechani...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
pharmacology
In recent years, medicinal plants have gained significant attention in modern medicine due to their accessibility, affordability, widespread acceptance, and safety, making herbal r...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
2025
other
The jostaberry (<i>Ribes × nidigrolaria</i>) hybrid is a rich source of phytochemicals with high antioxidant activity (AA). However, due to the thick skin and seeds, the whole frui...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 40941208
DOI: 10.3390/foods14173092
Full text on PMC
2025
sensory panel
This study aimed to explore the incorporation of Jerusalem artichoke powder (0%, 10%, 15%, and 20%) in the production of functional fruit snacks, assess the quality attributes of t...
Read full abstract on PubMed →
PMID: 40255542
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.70056
Full text on PMC
All paper metadata — titles, authors, journals, years, DOIs — is public bibliographic information. Abstract snippets shown are truncated to fewer than 200 characters and link to the original source on PubMed or the publisher. We never reproduce full text.
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.