# The FoodOn Food Ontology (FOODON)

> FoodOn is an ontology built to represent entities which bear a “food role” and is initially...

- Page: https://library.schematica.io/model/67e069d6bc5440e9aa1b051228ec9845
- Model type: Ontology
- License: CC BY 4.0
- Access type: Free
- Access method: Download
- Model size: Huge
- Formats: OWL
- Domains: Healthcare
- External link: https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FOODON
- Contact: Damion Dooley (damion_dooley@sfu.ca)
- Listed in library: 2025-06-12
- Last updated: 2025-09-10

## Description

## Ontology Info

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Acronyme | FOODON |
| Description | FoodOn is an ontology built to represent entities which bear a “food role” and is initially focused on categorizing and processing of food for humans. We aim to develop semantics for food safety, food security, the agricultural and animal husbandry practices linked to food production, culinary, nutritional and chemical ingredients and processes.  FoodOn belongs to the OBOFoundry.org family of ontologies. |
| Format | OWL |
| Categories | Health, All Organisms, Vocabularies, Biomedical Resources, Plant |
| Groups | OBO Foundry |

## Metrics

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Classes | 39,530 |
| Individuals | 435 |
| Properties | 195 |
| Max Depth | 31 |
| Max Child Count | 1,017 |
| Average Child Count | 4 |
| Classes With One Child | 4,169 |
| Classes With More Than 25 Children | 177 |
| Classes With No Definition | 10,640 |

## Projects using FOODON

- [Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/projects/CHEAR)
- [An integrated approach to the challenge of sustainable food systems: adaptive and mitigatory strategies to address climate change and malnutrition (SYSTEMIC) WP5](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/projects/SYSTEMIC)

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Source: https://library.schematica.io/model/67e069d6bc5440e9aa1b051228ec9845