[E numbers] are codes for substances that are permitted to be used as [food additives]
for use within the [European Union] and [EFTA]. Commonly found on [food labels],
their safety assessment and approval are the responsibility of the
[European Food Safety Authority].

Having a single unified list for food additives was first agreed upon in 1962 with
[food colouring]. In 1964, the directives for preservatives were added, 1970 for
antioxidants and 1974 for the emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling
agents.

console

``bash
foode "E101a"


E101a: Riboflavin-5'-Phosphate

.type: color (Yellow-orange); .status: e

foode "101 a"

E101a: Riboflavin-5'-Phosphate

.type: color (Yellow-orange); .status: e

foode "riboflavin"

E101a: Riboflavin-5'-Phosphate

.type: color (Yellow-orange); .status: e

#

E106: Riboflavin-5-Sodium Phosphate

.type: color (Yellow); .status:

...

`

$3

`bash
foode [options]


query: code, name, type, or status of food additive

Options:

--help: show this help

--silent: hide error messages

Environment variables:

$FOODE_SILENT # hide error messages (0)
`

javascript

`javascript
const foode = require('food-e');

foode('E101a');
// [ { code: 'E101a',
// names: 'Riboflavin-5\'-Phosphate',
// type: 'color (Yellow-orange)',
// status: 'e' } ]

foode('101 a');
// [ { code: 'E101a',
// names: 'Riboflavin-5\'-Phosphate',
// type: 'color (Yellow-orange)',
// status: 'e' } ]

foode('riboflavin');
// [ { code: 'E101a',
// names: 'Riboflavin-5\'-Phosphate',
// type: 'color (Yellow-orange)',
// status: 'e' },
// { code: 'E106',
// names: 'Riboflavin-5-Sodium Phosphate',
// type: 'color (Yellow)',
// status: '' },
// ... ]
``

$3

| Method | Action
|---------------------|-------
| [foode] | Lists matching food additives.
| [load] | Preloads food additive data (before use).
| [sql] | Gives commands to insert data to SQL database.
| [csv] | Gives path of data CSV file.
| [corpus] | Keeps food additive data. {field}


> Browserified, minified version of this package is [food-e.min].

[foode]: https://github.com/nodef/food-e/wiki
[load]: https://github.com/nodef/food-e/wiki/load
[sql]: https://github.com/nodef/food-e/wiki/sql
[csv]: https://github.com/nodef/food-e/wiki/csv
[corpus]: https://github.com/nodef/food-e/wiki/corpus
[E numbers]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_number
[food additives]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_additive
[European Union]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union
[EFTA]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Free_Trade_Association
[food labels]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_label
[European Food Safety Authority]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Food_Safety_Authority
[food colouring]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_colouring
[food-e.min]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/food-e.min