Metabolizable energy conversion factors. 📦 Node.js, 📜 Files.

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

const energies = require('@ifct2017/energies');
// energies(query)
// → matches [{component, kj, kcal}]


energies('dietary fibre');
energies('Soluble fibre');
// [ { component: 'Fibre', kj: 8, kcal: 2 } ]

energies('what is energy conversion factor of fat?');
energies('conversion factor of fat');
// [ { component: 'Fat', kj: 37, kcal: 9 } ]

// Additional methods:
energies.load() // → corpus
energies.sql([table], [options]) // → sql statements
energies.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.