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.
2025
aroma analysis
<h4>Objective</h4>This study aims to assess the impact of aging time on the quality of meat, fatty acid profiles, and volatile compounds in cooked Thai native beef.<h4>Materials an...
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2025
gc ms
The production of high-quality specialty meats has emerged as a prominent research focus within the livestock industry, under the broader concept of big food. However, the composit...
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PMID: 40238368
DOI: 10.3390/foods14071203
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2025
aeda
Sichuan pepper plays a vital role in enhancing the flavor of hotpot. However, the specific flavor compounds involved are still unclear. In this study, the key aroma components of S...
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PMID: 40002071
DOI: 10.3390/foods14040627
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2025
gc ms
The influence of boiling time on the persistent changes in the surface color, water content and distribution, protein secondary structure, and the concentration of volatile compoun...
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PMID: 40282774
DOI: 10.3390/foods14081372
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2025
other
The polar bear (<i>Ursus maritimus</i>) is the only Arctic land mammal that dives into water to hunt. Despite thermal insulation provided by blubber and fur layers and low Arctic t...
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2025
gc ms
Primates are well-known for their complex social lives and intricate social relationships, which requires them to obtain and update social knowledge about conspecifics. The sense o...
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2025
other
Food industries produce large amounts of by-products, valuable sources of bioactive compounds that can enhance gluten-free foods. This study evaluated the effect of hemp cake meal...
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PMID: 41154107
DOI: 10.3390/foods14203571
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2025
other
Atomic force microscopy-based infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR) and optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) spectroscopy are cutting-edge techniques used for precise nanoscale chemical...
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2025
pharmacology
Loquat (<i>Eriobotrya japonica</i>), a plant native to China and having extensive medicinal values, has recently drawn considerable attention. The current research on loquat mainly...
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PMID: 40599359
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.70483
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2025
other
Natural olfactory systems possess remarkable sensitivity and precision beyond what is currently achievable by engineered gas sensors. Unlike their artificial counterparts, noses ar...
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2025
gc ms
Criollo cocoa beans are defined as fine and flavor due to sensory notes that could be commercialized in premium chocolates. Chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC-MS) is commonly use...
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2025
aroma analysis
Native goat breeds in China are highly valued for their distinctive flavor. This study integrated flavoromics, metabolomics, and transcriptomics to analyze the flavor compounds in...
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PMID: 41376051
DOI: 10.3390/foods14234114
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2025
gc ms
ABSTRACT Chicken carcass is a side stream of poultry processing and can be transformed into chicken sauce via hydrolysis and heat treatment. However, the sauce has weaker meaty aro...
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2025
gc ms
Ammonia accumulation in aquaculture systems affects the sensory quality of <i>Eriocheir sinensis</i>, and mechanisms linking ammonia to aroma changes remain unclear. This study inv...
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2025
other
The quality of pudding using different types of sugar (sucrose at 5% by weight or isomaltulose 5% or 10% by weight) in a formulation was studied. Adding isomaltulose resulted in le...
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PMID: 41097519
DOI: 10.3390/foods14193350
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2025
aeda
Freezing is employed to preserve the quality of pomegranate juice (PJ) for producing nutritious ready-to-drink beverages. However, the aroma compounds of PJ undergo significant alt...
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PMID: 40428590
DOI: 10.3390/foods14101811
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2025
other
The mature coconut water (MCW) is rich in nutrients, but its sour and astringent taste makes it unsuitable for direct consumption. In this study, a co-fermentation system employing...
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2025
gc ms
The fruit microbiome is crucial for fruit quality and postharvest characteristic. This study characterized the microbiome and metabolome of two bayberry cultivars (<i>Myrica rubra<...
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2025
gc ms
The significant demand for medicinal plants with special efficacy has prompted us to adopt appropriate processing methods to enhance the nutritional quality and flavor of raw mater...
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PMID: 40232039
DOI: 10.3390/foods14060998
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2025
Food chemistry
gc ms
Recently, unconventional techniques like induced electric field (IEF) for continuous pasteurization of liquid food have received great attention. In this study, the effect of IEF o...
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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.