FooDB
FooDB (The Food Database) is the world's largest and most comprehensive freely accessible resource on food constituents, chemistry, and biology, providing detailed information about chemical constituents found in food with over 100 data fields per compound covering nomenclature, structure, chemical properties, food sources, sensory properties, and health effects.
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