Categorization of food by their common names.

This is part of package nvif1989. Source: Nutritive Value of Indian Foods 1989.

const groups = require('@nvif1989/groups');
// groups.corpus: Map {code => {code, group, entries, tags}}
// groups.load(): true (corpus loaded)
// groups.sql([table], [options]): sql commands
// groups.csv(): path to csv file
// groups(<query>)
// -> [{code, group, entries, tags}] for matched groups


groups.load();
/* load corpus first */

groups('cereals');
groups('Grains');
groups('505a');
// [
//   {
//     code: 'A',
//     group: 'Cereal grains and products',
//     entries: '1-27;452-465;505a',
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg'
//   }
// ]

groups('what is vegetable?');
groups('vegetable group code?');
// [
//   {
//     code: 'C',
//     group: 'Leafy vegetables',
//     entries: '47-114;469-507',
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg'
//   },
//   {
//     code: 'D',
//     group: 'Other vegetables',
//     entries: '137-188;525-543',
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg'
//   }
// ]

groups('47');
// [
//   {
//     code: 'C',
//     group: 'Leafy vegetables',
//     entries: '47-114;469-507',
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg'
//   }
// ]

groups('543');
// [
//   {
//     code: 'D',
//     group: 'Other vegetables',
//     entries: '137-188;525-543',
//     tags: 'vegetarian eggetarian fishetarian veg'
//   }
// ]

You can ask about composition of 592 key foods in India here: nvif1989.github.io. Food composition values were measured by National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad. Take a peek at the raw data here: Document, Webpage.