@ifct2017/groups

Categorization of food by their common names.

This is part of package ifct2017.
Online database: ifct2017.github.io.

const groups = require('@ifct2017/groups');
// groups(query)
// → matches [{code, group, entries, tags}]


groups('cereals');
groups('Millet');
// [ { code: 'A',
//     group: 'Cereals and Millets',
//     entries: 24,
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg' } ]

groups('what is vegetable?');
groups('vegetable group code?');
// [ { code: 'D',
//     group: 'Other Vegetables',
//     entries: 78,
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg' },
//   { code: 'C',
//     group: 'Green Leafy Vegetables',
//     entries: 34,
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg' } ]

// Additional methods:
groups.load() // → corpus
groups.sql([table], [options]) // → sql statements
groups.csv() // → path of csv file

Data was obtained from the book Indian Food Composition Tables 2017.
Food composition values were measured by National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.
Take a peek at the raw data here: Document, Webpage.