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Food Science

Food science is the study of the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of food and how to use this knowledge to select, store and prepare safe, nutritious and delicious food. With detailed knowledge of thousands of foods, Wolfram|Alpha can create nutrition labels for foods, compare and contrast between different foods and assist in planning a healthy diet.

Food Composition

Explore data on thousands of foods, including nutritional composition.

Find general nutrition information for foods:

Get nutrition information for specific nutrients in foods:

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Food Physics

Explore the chemical and physical principles of cooking and baking.

Model the influence of temperature on the Maillard reaction for browning foods:

Determine the freezing point depression for making ice cream:

Calculate the viscosity of foods:

Calculate the surface tension of droplets in an emulsion:

Get the approximate number of candies in a container:

Explore food elasticity and how it changes during cooking:

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