Food Catalogue
Explore two food-composition databases side by side: Health Canada’s Canadian Nutrient File (CNF — 5,691 foods, 150+ nutrients) and FAO/INFOODS’ West African Food Composition Table 2019 (WAFCT — 1,028 foods including fonio, baobab, dawadawa, gari, egusi, and other West African staples). Search, compare, and analyze across either or both sources.
Learn a food, then score it
Use Researcher mode in the toolbar on any explorer page. Open a food profile to see which nutrients each published measure reads, then add it to all scores at your chosen portion size.
- 1. Search or browse
Find foods by name, group, or AI match across CNF and WAFCT.
- 2. Open the profile
Lens nutrient panels show what healthy eating, star ratings, Food Compass, and health impact draw from the catalogue.
- 3. Compare alternatives
Select up to six foods and contrast key nutrients side by side.
- 4. Score all six lenses
Send foods to all scores for healthy eating, health impact, star ratings, Food Compass, environment, and eating style.
Quick Actions
Discover by Nutrient
Find foods by iron, fibre, sodium, and other nutrient ranges
Advanced Search
Search CNF + WAFCT with filters and relevance scoring
Food Comparison
Compare nutritional content across databases
Catalogue overview
CNF + WAFCT counts, group distribution, data quality
Browse by Groups
Explore foods by CNF or WAFCT food group
Platform Features
Advanced Search
Intelligent search with relevance scoring, pagination, and comprehensive filtering options. Includes a source filter to scope to CNF only, WAFCT only, or both.
- Text-based search
- Source filter (CNF / WAFCT / both)
- AI-enhanced LLM ranking
- Nutrient + food-group filtering
Food Comparison
Compare nutritional profiles of multiple foods side-by-side. Cross-database comparisons (CNF vs WAFCT) surface per-source provenance badges.
- Multi-food comparison
- Cross-database (CNF + WAFCT)
- Per-source provenance badges
- Visual charts
Database Insights
Statistics across both food-composition databases — Health Canada CNF (5,691 foods) and FAO/INFOODS WAFCT 2019 (1,028 foods). 14 WAFCT food groups added at FoodGroupID 50-63.
- Combined database stats
- INFOODS↔CNF nutrient bridge (48 mappings)
- WAFCT mineral-bias caveats in scoring
- 195 canonical WAFCT recipes (sheet 09)
Getting Started
Database Information
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Dive into the comprehensive Canadian Nutrient File database and discover detailed nutritional information for thousands of foods.