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Please click on the following links which will direct you to the recommended websites. Please note AFIC bares no responsiblity for the contents of any of these sites.

Asia Food Glossary - AsiaFood, the Encyclopedia of Asian Food
BBC Online Food Glossary - British Broadcasting Corporation
Drinking Water Glossary - US Environmental Protection Agency
Foods and Ingredients - Oregon State University
Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia - Dole Food Company
Glossary of Food-Related Terms - International Food Information Council
Glossary of Nutrition Terms - Diet Center
Glossary of Nutritional Information - Anrvitamins.com, Nutrition Glossary
History of the Spice Trade - UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
Language of the Food Industry: Glossary of Supermarket Terms - Food Marketing Institute
Nutrition Glossary - MedicineNet, Inc
South Asia Food Glossary - University of Guelph, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition
Spice Index - Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages
The Cook's Thesaurus - Foodsub.com
The Food Lover's Companion: Epicurious Food Dictionary - Epicurious.com

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