• Provides comprehensive coverage of ALL types of food compounds
• Includes food source and function data for each compound
• Indexed by food use/function, chemical name, MF, and CAS registry number
• Contains a concise bibliography after each entry

Providing comprehensive information on 25,000 compounds found in food, this unique resource covers every type of compound: natural food constituents (lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, and fatty acids), food additives (colorants, preservatives, antioxidants, and flavors), food contaminants, and nutraceuticals. Fully searchable by text and structure, the CD-ROM includes data on food source, food function, food use, regulatory information, physical properties, molecular formula, chemical structure, systematic and trivial name, and bibliographical resources. No other reference work is as complete or as comprehensive.