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.
2019
aroma analysis
Fine flavor cocoa is worldwide renowned to produce origin chocolates with special aromas, e.g. fruity or floral, in addition to its chocolate aroma. This research aims to elucidate...
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2019
gc ms
ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine consumer preferences and volatile aroma compounds for differences in flavor concerning quality grade, day of age, and degree of...
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2019
aeda
Dark chocolates produced by a novel technological approach (NCs) were characterized in comparison with those traditionally produced (TCs) by sensory evaluation, gas chromatography-...
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2019
aroma analysis
ABSTRACT A quinoa sourdough inoculated with Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 8014 vs. a spontaneous sourdough were used to assess the changes in amino acid content released by proteoly...
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2019
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
other
This research evaluated the effects of product familiarity on the sensory acceptability and physiological responses of consumers toward different food stimuli using two populations...
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2019
Nutrients
aroma analysis
BACKGROUND: While there has been an increasing interest in the health properties of chocolate, limited research has looked into the changes of antioxidants occurring in the time sp...
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PMID: 31717543
DOI: 10.3390/nu11112719
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2019
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
aroma analysis
Chocolate production is a complex process during which numerous chemical reactions occur. The most important processes, involving most of the reactions important for development of...
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2019
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
sensory panel
Cocoa is one of the most important cultivated crops worldwide both in production and processing. But due to the change in weather conditions, pest and diseases, producers are looki...
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2018
Agrotrópica (Itabuna)
other
The fine-flavor cocoa industry explores mainly six chocolate sensory traits from four traditional cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) varieties. The importance of cocoa pulp flavors and aro...
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2018
aroma analysis
Forastero hybrid cocoa bean fermentations have been carried out in a box (B) and in a heap (H), with or without the inoculation of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> and <i>Torulaspor...
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PMID: 30054357
DOI: 10.1128/aem.01164-18
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2018
gc ms
Chocolate is one of the most consumed foods worldwide and cacao fermentation contributes to the unique sensory characteristics of chocolate products. However, comparative changes i...
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2018
PloS one
sensory panel
Jackfruit seeds are an under-utilized waste product in many tropical countries. In this work, we demonstrate the potential of roasted jackfruit seeds to substitute for cocoa powder...
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2017
'IntechOpen'
other
Vanillin (4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxybenzaldehyde) is an important flavor and aroma molecule, which has been widely used in not only foods and beverages such as chocolate and dairy product...
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2017
Journal of food science
sensory panel
UNLABELLED: This study identified and quantitated perceived sensory differences between 7 premium rums and 2 mixing rums using a hybrid of the Quantitative Descriptive Analysis and...
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2017
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
gc ms
Milk powder is an important ingredient in the confectionery industry, but its variable nature has consequences for the quality of the final confectionary product. This paper demons...
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2017
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
sensory panel
Jackfruit seeds are an underutilized waste in many tropical countries. This work demonstrates the potential of roasted jackfruit seeds to develop chocolate aroma. Twenty-seven diff...
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2017
'American Chemical Society (ACS)'
sensory panel
Jackfruit seeds are an under-utilized waste in many tropical countries. In this work, we demonstrate the potential of roasted jackfruit seeds to develop chocolate aroma. Twenty-sev...
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2016
Applied and environmental microbiology
gc ms
Microbial starter cultures have extensively been used to enhance the consistency and efficiency of industrial fermentations. Despite the advantages of such controlled fermentations...
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PMID: 26590272
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02556-15
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2016
gc ms
Variation in the volatiles, total polyphenol, theobromine and caffein was investigated both qualitatively and quantitatively for all phases of conching with GC/MS/SPME, HPLC, GC/O,...
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2015
Journal of food science
aroma analysis
Staphylococcus sp. CMC5-3-1 and CMS5-7-5 isolated from fermented fish sauce at 3 to 7 mo, respectively, showed different characteristics on protein hydrolysis and volatile formatio...
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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.