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. 2025 Jun 26;11:101127. doi: 10.1016/j.crfs.2025.101127

Table 3a.

Model descriptions.

Name Type Data source Data quantity Goal Model Year
SMILES to Smell: Decoding the Structure–Odor Relationship of Chemical Compounds Using the Deep Neural Network Approach (Sharma et al., 2021b) Odor PubChem, GoodScents, Sigma-Aldrich, FlavorBase, Flavornet, SuperScent, ODORactor, AromaDB 5185 chems 104 odors RF, DNN∗ (PPMF)/CNN∗ (images) 2021
Predicting odor from vibrational spectra: a data-driven approach (Ameta et al., 2024) Odor Leffingwell, Chemistry Webbook 3018 chems 109 odors MLP 2024
Predicting natural language descriptions of mono-molecular odorants (Gutiérrez et al., 2018) Odor DREAM, Dravnieks, Dragon molecular descriptors 476 chems, 19 odors 131 odors Elastic net regression 2018
A principal odor map unifies diverse tasks in olfactory perception (Lee et al., 2023) Odor GoodScents, Leffingwell ∼5000 chems, 400 odors 138 odors MPNN 2023
Odor Impression Prediction from Mass Spectra (Nozaki and Nakamoto, 2016) Odor Chemistry WebBook, Dravnieks 121 chems, 144 odors 144 odors Autoencoder for dimensionality reduction, then 9-layer NN 2016
Application of artificial intelligence to decode the relationships between smell, olfactory receptors and small molecules (Achebouche et al., 2022) Odor GS/LF 5955 chem, 160 odors, 106 OR's 160 odors/23 odor groups CNN, GCN∗ 2022
XGBoost odor prediction model: finding the structure-odor relationship of odorant molecules using the extreme gradient boosting algorithm (Tyagi et al., 2024) Odor OlfactionBase 1278 chems 7 odors XGBoost 2023
Predictive modeling for odor character of a chemical using machine learning combined with natural language processing (Nozaki and Nakamoto, 2018) Odor Chemistry Webbook, Sigma-Aldrich 999 chems, 138 odors Odor groups of size 6, 20, and 30 Autoencoder for dimensionality reduction, then 4-layer NN 2018
iBitter-SCM: Identification and characterization of bitter peptides using a scoring card method with propensity scores of dipeptides (Charoenkwan et al., 2020a) Taste BIOPEP, literature review 640 peptides Bitter Scoring card method 2020
e-Bitter: Bitterant Prediction by the Consensus Voting From the Machine-Learning Methods (Zheng et al., 2018) Taste BitterDB, SuperSweet, SweetenersDB, literature review 1299 chems Bitter Ensemble: KNN, SVM, RF, GBM, and DNN 2018
BitterX: a tool for understanding bitter taste in humans (Huang et al., 2016) Taste BitterDB, literature review 1078 chems Bitter SVM + GA 2016
Bitter or not? BitterPredict, a tool for predicting taste from chemical structure (Dagan-Wiener et al., 2017) Taste BitterDB, TOXNET, literature review 2608 chems Bitter AdaBoost 2017
BERT4Bitter: a bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT)-based model for improving the prediction of bitter peptides (Charoenkwan et al., 2021a) Taste BTP640 640 peptides Bitter/non-bitter BERT∗, CNN, LSTM 2021
iBitter-Fuse: A Novel Sequence-Based Bitter Peptide Predictor by Fusing Multi-View Features (Charoenkwan et al., 2021c) Taste BTP640 640 peptides Bitter/non-bitter SVM 2021
Prediction of bitterant and sweetener using structure-taste relationship models based on an artificial neural network (Bo et al., 2022) Taste BitterDB, SuperSweet, FlavorDB 4599 chems Bitter/non-bitter, sweet/non-sweet, and bitter/sweet CNN, MLP∗ 2022
Novel scaffold of natural compound eliciting sweet taste revealed by machine learning (Bouysset et al., 2020) Taste SweetenersDB 316 chems Relative sweetness RF, SVM, AdaBoost∗, k-NN 2020
Sweetness prediction of natural compounds (Chéron et al., 2017b) Taste SweetenersDB 316 chems Relative sweetness SVR∗, RF 2017
A QSTR-Based Expert System to Predict Sweetness of Molecules (Rojas et al., 2017) Taste TastesDB 649 chems Sweet k-NN + PLSDA consensus 2017
Machine learning models to predict sweetness of molecules (Goel et al., 2023) Taste SweetpredDB 671 chems Relative sweetness Gradient Boost Regressor∗, RF 2023
VirtualTaste: a web server for the prediction of organoleptic properties of chemical compounds (Fritz et al., 2021) Taste SuperSweet, BitterDB, ChEMBL, literature review 4111 chems Sweet, bitter, sour RF 2021
Predicting multiple taste sensations with a multiobjective machine learning method (Androutsos et al., 2024) Taste BitterDB Fenaroli SuperSweet SweetenersDB UMP442 ChemTastesDB BIOPEP-UWM, literature review 4717 chems Sweet, bitter, umami, other RF 2024
BitterSweetForest: A Random Forest Based Binary Classifier to Predict Bitterness and Sweetness of Chemical Compounds (Banerjee and Preissner, 2018) Taste SuperSweet, BitterDB 1202 chems Sweet/bitter RF 2018
Informed classification of sweeteners/bitterants compounds via explainable machine learning (Maroni et al., 2022) Taste BitterDB, Fenaroli, SuperSweet, GoodScents, SweetenersDB, literature review 2686 chems Sweet/bitter Logistic Regression, k-NN, RF, LightGBM∗, MLP 2022
BitterSweet: Building machine learning models for predicting the bitter and sweet taste of small molecules (Tuwani et al., 2019) Taste BitterDB, Fenaroli, SuperSweet, SweetenersDB, literature review 4804 chems Sweet/non-sweet bitter/non-bitter RF∗ (bitter), Ridge Logistic Regression, AdaBoost∗ (Sweet) 2019
e-Sweet: A Machine-Learning Based Platform for the Prediction of Sweetener and Its Relative Sweetness (Zheng et al., 2019) Taste SuperSweet, SweetenersDB, literature review 1380 chems Sweet/non-sweet, relative sweetness KNN, SVM, GBM, RF, and DNN consensus model 2019
A Comprehensive Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Based Feature Representations for Molecular Taste Prediction (Song et al., 2023) Taste ChemTastesDB 2601 chems Sweet/non-sweet, bitter/non-bitter, umami/non-umami GNN, CNN, consensus model∗ 2023
BoostSweet: Learning molecular perceptual representations of sweeteners (Lee et al., 2022) Taste BitterSweet 2291 chems Sweet/non-sweet RF, XGB, LGBM, FCN soft vote ensemble 2022
A novel multi-layer prediction approach for sweetness evaluation based on systematic machine learning modeling (Yang et al., 2022) Taste Taste DB and LogSw DB 2861 chems Relative sweetness Decision Tree, kNN, SVM, RF, XGBoost, GBT, PLS, SVR∗ 2022
Toward a general and interpretable umami taste predictor using a multi-objective machine learning approach (Pallante et al., 2022) Taste UMP442 442 peptides Umami SVM Ensemble 2022
iUmami-SCM: A Novel Sequence-Based Predictor for Prediction and Analysis of Umami Peptides Using a Scoring Card Method with Propensity Scores of Dipeptides (Charoenkwan et al., 2020b) Taste BIOPEP-UWM, literature review 442 peptides Umami Scoring Card Method 2020
UMPred-FRL: A New Approach for Accurate Prediction of Umami Peptides Using Feature Representation Learning (Charoenkwan et al., 2021b) Taste UMP442 442 peptides Umami SVM 2021
Umami-BERT: An interpretable BERT-based model for umami peptides prediction (Zhang et al., 2023) Taste UMP789 789 peptides Umami BERT 2023
Umami-MRNN: Deep learning-based prediction of umami peptide using RNN and MLP (Qi et al., 2023) Taste BIOPEP-UWM, literature review 499 peptides Umami MLP + RNN 2023
Artificial neural networks modeling of non-fat yogurt texture properties: effect of process conditions and food composition (Batista et al., 2021) Texture Self-collected 13 samples Firmness, cohesiveness, adhesiveness, and gumminess ANN 2021
Predicting the Textural Properties of Plant-Based Meat Analogs with Machine Learning (Kircali Ata et al., 2023) Texture Literature review 54 samples Hardness, chewiness Ridge∗, RF, XGBoost, KNN∗, MLP 2023
Rapid and Non-Invasive Assessment of Texture Profile Analysis of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) Using Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning (Cao et al., 2023) Texture Self-collected 387 samples Gumminess, springiness, cohesiveness, resilience, hardness, brittleness, adhesiveness, chewiness ANN, SVM, and PLSR (different models optimal for different objectives) 2023
Prediction of textural characteristics in low-fat mozzarella cheese by Hyperspectral imaging using machine learning methods (Jahani et al., 2024) Texture Self-collected 36 samples Hardness, adhesiveness, springiness, cohesiveness, gumminess, chewiness MLR, PLSR, SVM, MLP∗, RF∗, consensus model∗ 2024
Non-destructive prediction of texture of frozen/thaw raw beef by Raman spectroscopy (Chen et al., 2020) Texture Self-collected 16 samples Tenderness, chewiness, firmness, hardness, springiness PLSR 2020
Prediction of textural changes in grass carp fillets as affected by vacuum freeze drying using hyperspectral imaging based on integrated group wavelengths (Ma et al., 2017) Texture Self-collected 112 samples WBSF, hardness, gumminess, chewiness PLSR 2017
Prediction of color, texture, and sensory characteristics of beef steaks by visible and near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. A feasibility study (Liu et al., 2003) Texture Self-collected 113 samples Tender/tough SIMCA∗, PLSR 2003
Rapid determination of the textural properties of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy and chemometrics (Zhou et al., 2020) Texture Self-collected 150 samples WHC, hardness, resilience, springiness, chewiness, shear force PLSR 2020
Potential of hyperspectral imaging combined with chemometric analysis for assessing and visualising tenderness distribution in raw farmed salmon fillets (He et al., 2014) Texture Self-collected 164 samples WBSF PLSR, SVM∗ 2014

A list of taste, odor, and texture predicting models with relevant information such as the type of model used, publication date, and data sources.