ifct2017

The Indian Food Composition tables (IFCT 2017) provides nutritional values for 528 key foods.
📦 Node.js, 📜 Files.

Food composition values were measured by National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad. Shown below is a text-query JavaScript API for search information through these tables. You may also add these to a database for more control over the query.

> Online database: ifct2017.github.io.

const ifct2017 = require('ifct2017');


async function main() {
await ifct2017.compositions.load();
/// Load corpus first


ifct2017.compositions('pineapple');
ifct2017.compositions('ananas comosus');
// [ { code: 'E053',
//     name: 'Pineapple',
//     scie: 'Ananas comosus',
//     lang: 'A. Ahnaros; B. Anarasa; G. Anenas; H. Ananas; Kan. Ananas; Kash. Punchitipul; Kh. Soh trun; Kon. Anas; Mal. Kayirha chakka; M. Kihom Ananas; O. Sapuri; P. Ananas; Tam. Annasi pazham; Tel. Anasa pandu; U. Ananas.',
//     ... } ]

ifct2017.columns('vitamin c');
ifct2017.columns('c-vitamin');
// [ { code: 'vitc',
//     name: 'Total Ascorbic acid',
//     tags: 'ascorbate water soluble vitamin c vitamin c essential' } ]

ifct2017.pictures.unpkg('A001');
// https://unpkg.com/@ifct2017/pictures/assets/A001.jpeg

ifct2017.intakes('his');
ifct2017.intakes('Histidine');
// [ { code: 'his',
//     whorda: -0.01,
//     usear: NaN,
//     usrdam: -0.014,
//     usrdaf: NaN,
//     euprim: NaN,
//     euprif: NaN,
//     ulus: NaN,
//     uleu: NaN,
//     uljapan: NaN } ]
/// Negative value indicates amount per kg of body weight.
}
main();

Reference

> NOTE: .pictures(code) -> null as it is not included locally.
> Use .pictures.unpkg(code), or .pictures.jsDelivr(code) instead.

> A corpus consisting of columns, hierarchy, intakes, methods, nutrients,
> representations is available for use with UI: unpkg, jsDelivr.