Shared Left Border
    LanguaL™ Home
    Thesaurus
    Literature
    Proposals
    Downloads
    Contacts
    About the web pages
    Links
  
  
  
  
 

 Other DFI sites

    DFI Home
    SciName Finder™
    Compilers' Toolbox™

The LanguaL 2017™ Thesaurus  -  Systematic Display

 Updated 2018-06-12

 

FTCK0020
Descriptor    K. PACKING MEDIUM
Scope noteThis term is for CLASSIFICATION ONLY; DO NOT USE term in indexing. Use a more precise narrower term. 
Description 
The medium in which the food is packed for preservation and handling or the medium surrounding homemade foods, e.g., peaches cooked in sugar syrup. The packing medium may provide a controlled environment for the food. It may also serve to improve palatability and consumer appeal.
 



 News
The German BLS 4.0 is now fully available free of charge

2026-03-23
The new release covers 7,140 foods and expands nutrient information to 138 components. For more information, see BLS 4.0.
 
ÍSGEM, the Icelandic Food Composition Database updated

2026-03-23
The new edition includes new foods, now coded using FoodEx2 and complemented with LanguaL indexing. For more information, see ÍSGEM.
 
Portie-online expanded with new data on food portion factors

2026-03-23
Portie-online, the Dutch Database for Dietary Units and Sizes expanded with new data on food weight, including edible portion, cooking method and fat absorption. For more information, see Portie-online.
 
New version of the Norwegian Food Compostion table

2026-01-14
The Norwegian Food Composition Table contains 97 new foods and updates for 395 foods. For more information, see Matvaretabellen.