Food nomenclature, terminology and classification systems

Food nomenclature, terminology and classification systems are important and need to be unambiguous and complete. Several guidelines and classifications exist but most are purpose specific. See the links below for more information.

INFOODS

Guidelines for Describing Foods: A Systematic Approach to Describing Foods to Facilitate International Exchange of Food Composition Data by Truswell et al (1991) Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

LanguaL

This site describes LanguaL, how it is structured and maintained, and provides discussions and downloads

FAOSTAT

FAOSTAT definitions and classifications of commodities

Published papers on food nomenclature, terminology and classification systems

Taxonomic Databases