nvif1989

The Nutritive Value of Indian Foods (NVIF 1989) provides nutrient composition for 592 key foods. Food composition values were measured by National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad. You can ask about composition of 592 key foods in India here: nvif1989.github.io.

Shown below is a text-query javascript API for search information through these tables. However, you may also add these to a database for more control over the query.

const nvif1989 = require('nvif1989');
 
async function main() {
await nvif1989.compositions.load();
await nvif1989.codes.load();
nvif1989.columns.load();
nvif1989.groups.load();
/* load corpus first */
 
// NOTE: grup is wrong, curd is wrong
nvif1989.compositions('pine apple');
nvif1989.compositions('ananas comosus');
nvif1989.compositions('sapuri');
nvif1989.compositions('294');
// [
//   {
//     code: '294',
//     name: 'PINE APPLE',
//     scie: 'Ananas comosus',    lang: 'B. Anarash; G., H., Kan., Mar., P. Ananas; Mal. Kayitha chakka; O. Sapuri Anasianas; Tam. Anasi pazham; Tel. Anasa Pandu',
//     grup: 'Cereal grains and products',
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg',
//     enerc: 46,
//     water: 87.8,
//     ...
//   }
// ]
 
nvif1989.columns('vitamin c');
nvif1989.columns('c-vitamin');
// [
//   {
//     code: 'vitc',
//     name: 'Vitamin C',
//     tags: 'ascorbic acid total ascorbate water soluble essential'
//   }
// ]
 
nvif1989.codes('hing');
// [ { name: 'Hing (B.,G.,H.,Mar.,P.)', code: '215' } ]
 
nvif1989.groups('cereals');
nvif1989.groups('Grains');
nvif1989.groups('505a');
// [
//   {
//     code: 'A',
//     group: 'Cereal grains and products',
//     entries: '1-27;452-465;505a',
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg'
//   }
// ]
}
main();

reference

Method	Action
compositions	Detailed nutrient composition of 592 key foods in India.
columns	Codes and names of nutrients, and its components.
pictures	Single representative photo of each foods (JPEG, 307x173).
intakes	Recommended daily intakes of nutrients.
hierarchy	Tree-like hierarchy of nutrients, and its components.
representations	Representations of columns (as factors and units).
codes	Uniquely identifiable codes for each food.
groups	Categorization of food by their common names.
descriptions	Names of each food in local languages, including scientific name.
abbreviations	Full forms of abbreviations used in the original book.
languages	Full form of language abbreviations.
[nutrients]	Detailed description of various nutrients, and its components.
proteinValue	Absorption and bioavailability of different protein sources.
calorieCoefficient	Relative calorie requirement of distinct demographics.
activityClass	Classification of activities based on occupations.
[energies]	Metabolizable energy conversion factors.
[jonesFactors]	Jones factors for conversion of nitrogen to protein.
[carbohydrates]	Conversion of carbohydrate weights to monosaccharide equivalents.
[about]	On the history of malnutrition, current status, and data details.
contents	Contents in the original book.

TODO: methods in italic.