# FooDB

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FooDB Content Description A database of detailed food component with information on the known health effects Data types captured Macronutrient and micronutrients values, chemistry and biochemistry, health effects, biology, structures Contact Research center University of Alberta Laboratory David S. Wishart Primary citation [1][2] Access Website http://www.foodb.ca/ Miscellaneous Data release frequency Updated every 2–3 months Curation policy Manually curated

**FooDB** (The Food Database) is a freely available, open-access database containing chemical ([micronutrient](/source/Micronutrient) and macronutrient) composition data on common, unprocessed foods.[1] It also contains extensive data on [flavour](/source/Flavour_(taste)) and aroma constituents, [food additives](/source/Food_additives) as well as positive and negative health effects associated with food constituents. The database contains information on more than 28,000 chemicals found in more than 1000 raw or unprocessed food products. The data in FooDB was collected from many sources including textbooks, scientific journals, on-line food composition or nutrient databases, [flavour](/source/Flavour_(taste)) and aroma databases and various on-line metabolomic databases.[2] This literature-derived information has been combined with experimentally derived data measured on thousands of compounds from more than 40 very common food products through the Alberta Food Metabolome Project which is led by [David S. Wishart](/source/David_S._Wishart). Users are able to browse through the FooDB data by food source, name, descriptors or function. Chemical structures and molecular weights for compounds in FooDB may be searched via a specialized chemical structure search utility. Users are able to view the content of FooDB using two different “Viewing” options: FoodView, which lists foods by their chemical compounds, or ChemView, which lists chemicals by their food sources. Knowledge about the precise chemical composition of foods can be used to guide public health policies, assist food companies with improved food labelling, help dieticians prepare better dietary plans, support nutraceutical companies with their submissions of health claims and guide [consumer choices](/source/Consumer_choice) with regard to food purchases.

## See also

- [Human Metabolome Database](/source/Human_Metabolome_Database)

- [DrugBank](/source/DrugBank)

- [Food](/source/Food)

- [Food composition data](/source/Food_composition_data)

- [Food composition databases](/source/Food_composition_databases)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ref_1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ref_1_1-1) Scalbert, A.; Andres-Lacueva, C.; Arita, M.; Kroon, P.; Manach, C.; Urpi-Sarda, M.; [Wishart, D.S.](/source/David_S._Wishart) (2011). "Databases on Food Phytochemicals and Their Health-Promoting Effects". *J. Agric. Food Chem*. **59** (9): 4331–4348. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1021/jf200591d](https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fjf200591d). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [21438636](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21438636).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ref_18953024_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ref_18953024_2-1) Wishart, D. S.; Knox, C.; Guo, A.; Eisner, A.; Young, N.; Gautam, B.; Hau, D. D.; Psychogios, N.; Dong, E.; Bouatra, S.; Mandal, R.; Sinelnikov, I.; Xia, J.; Jia, L.; Cruz, J. A.; Lim, E.; Sobsey, C. A.; Shrivastava, S.; Huang, P.; Liu, P.; Fang, L.; Peng, J.; Fradette, R.; Cheng, D.; Tzur, D.; Clements, M.; Lewis, A.; Souza, A. D.; Zuniga, A.; Dawe, M.; Xiong, Y.; Clive, D.; Greiner, R.; Nazyrova, A.; Shaykhutdinov, R.; Li, L.; Vogel, H. J.; Forsythe, I. (2009). ["HMDB: a knowledgebase for the human metabolome"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686599). *Nucleic Acids Research*. **37** (Database issue): D603–D610. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/nar/gkn810](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fnar%2Fgkn810). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [2686599](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686599). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [18953024](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18953024).

## External links

- [Foodb website](http://www.foodb.ca/)

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