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Codes and names of nutrients, and its components.

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

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


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

columns('vitamin c');
columns('c-vitamin');
// [
//   {
//     code: 'vitc',
//     name: 'Vitamin C',
//     tags: 'ascorbic acid total ascorbate water soluble essential'
//   }
// ]

columns('what is thiamine?');
columns('vitamin b1 stands for?');
// [
//   {
//     code: 'thia',
//     name: 'Thiamine (B1)',
//     tags: 'thiamin aneurine vitamin b1 b 1 water soluble essential'
//   }
// ]

nvif1989

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.