@ifct2017/codes

Uniquely identifiable codes for each food.

This is part of package ifct2017.
Source: Indian Food Composition Tables 2017.

const codes = require('@ifct2017/codes');
// codes.corpus: Map {name => {name, code}}
// codes.load(): Promise (corpus loaded)
// codes.sql([table], [options]): Promise (sql commands)
// codes.csv(): path to csv file
// codes(<query>)
// -> [{name, code}] for matched food names


await codes.load();
/* load corpus first */

codes('mango green');
codes('Raw mango');
// [ { name: 'Mango, green, raw (Common)', code: 'D057' } ]

codes('what is food code of atta?');
codes('atta code');
// [ { name: 'Atta (H., P.)', code: 'A019' },
//   { name: 'Gahama atta (O.)', code: 'A019' },
//   { name: 'Wheat flour, atta (Common)', code: 'A019' } ]

You can ask about composition of 528 key foods in India here: ifct2017.github.io.
Food composition values were measured by National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.
Take a peek at the raw data here: Document, Webpage.