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777 functional foods, mapped to what they do

Every ingredient links to its compounds, benefits, best-fit wellness goals, and how to cook with it. Tap any to learn more, then build a recipe in the app.

Adaptogen (11)

Ashwagandha Bacopa Monnieri Ginseng (Panax) Gynostemma (Jiaogulan) Maca Mucuna Pruriens Pine Pollen Rhodiola Schisandra Shilajit Tongkat Ali

Algae & Sea Vegetable (95)

Agar seaweed Agar weed Agar-agar seaweed Akamoku American glasswort Aonori Arame Astaxanthin algae Atlantic nori Atlantic wakame Australian kelp Bladderwrack Bull kelp (Durvillaea potatorum) Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) Carrageen moss Channelled wrack Chilean agar seaweed Chilean kelp Chlorella (Chlorella sorokiniana) Cochayuyo (Chondracanthus chamissoi) Cochayuyo (Durvillaea antarctica) Dead man's fingers DHA algae DHA microalgae Dulse Dunaliella salina Eelgrass grain Euglena False Irish moss Fingered kelp Freshwater kai algae Funori Furbellow Gamtae Giant kelp Gigartina Golden samphire Gracilaria birdiae Green sea grapes Gutweed Hijiki Hiromi Hitoegusa Isochrysis Jamaican sea moss Kappaphycus sea moss Klamath blue-green algae Knotted wrack Kombu Landlady's wig Limu kohu Màuru Maxima spirulina Mozuku Nannochloropsis New Zealand spinach Nori (Neopyropia yezoensis) Nori (Pyropia tenera) Odontella aurita Ogonori Okinawa mozuku Oyster leaf Perennial glasswort Phaeodactylum tricornutum Portuguese agar seaweed Red microalgae Scenedesmus Sea bamboo Sea bean Sea beet Sea blite Sea fennel Sea grapes Sea kale Sea lettuce Sea orache Sea palm Sea plantain Sea purslane Sea spaghetti Sea truffle Slender wart weed Spinosum Sugar kelp Tangle kelp Tetraselmis Toothed wrack Tosaka-nori Tropical sargassum Turbinaria ornata Velvet horn seaweed Wakame Water spinach Wild blue-green algae Wireweed

Animal-Derived Functional (12)

Bone Marrow Butter Cod Liver Oil Collagen Peptides Colostrum (Bovine) Egg (Chicken) Fish Roe / Caviar Gelatin Ghee Grass-Fed Tallow Heavy Cream Milk (Cow's)

Baked Good & Treat (5)

Almond Flour Cookies Dark Chocolate Brownie Fruit & Nut Bar Fruit Leather Oatmeal Cookies

Balm (2)

Calendula Balm Lip & Cheek Herbal Balm

Bee & Hive Product (7)

Bee Pollen Beeswax Manuka Honey Propolis Raw Honey Raw Honeycomb Royal Jelly

Cheese & Cultured Dairy (20)

Aged Cheddar Aged Gouda Blue Cheese (Roquefort / Gorgonzola) Brie / Camembert Cottage Cheese Cream Cheese (Cultured) Feta Goat Cheese (Chèvre) Gruyère Halloumi Kefir Cheese / Labneh Manchego Mozzarella (Fresh) Paneer Parmigiano-Reggiano Pecorino Romano Quark Ricotta Skyr Swiss / Emmental

Dip & Spread (6)

Baba Ganoush Guacamole Hummus Salsa Tzatziki White Bean Dip

Edible Flower (15)

Borage Flower Chive Blossom Cornflower Daylily Elderflower Hollyhock Jasmine Lilac Marigold (Signet/Tagetes) Nasturtium Pansy / Viola Pea Flower / Butterfly Pea Rose Petal Squash Blossom Violet

Edible Insect (5)

Black Soldier Fly Larvae Cricket Protein Grasshoppers / Chapulines Mealworms Mopane Worms

Essential Oil / Aromatherapy (12)

Bergamot Oil Clove Oil Eucalyptus Oil Frankincense Oil Lavender Oil Lemon Oil Oregano Oil Peppermint Oil Roman Chamomile Oil Rosemary Oil Tea Tree Oil (Essential Oil) Ylang-Ylang Oil

Fermented & Cultured Food (15)

Black Garlic Capers Fermented Cod Liver Oil Fish Sauce (Traditional Fermented) Green Olives Kalamata Olives Kombucha Kvass Miso Plain Yogurt (Live Culture) Sour Cream Sourdough Bread Soy Sauce Tempeh Water Kefir

Fruit (89)

Acai Acerola Apple Apricot Aronia (Chokeberry) Avocado Banana Baobab Fruit Bergamot Orange Bilberry Blackberry Blackcurrant Blood Orange Blueberries Boysenberry Buddha's Hand Calamansi Camu Camu Canary Melon Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) Casaba Melon Charentais Melon Cherry (Tart) Clementine Cloudberry Coconut Cranberry Crenshaw Melon Date Dragon Fruit (Pitaya) Elderberry Fig Finger Lime Galia Melon Goji Gooseberry Grapefruit Grapes Guanabana, Soursop, Custard apple, Brazilian paw paw Guava Hami Melon Haritaki Honeyberry (Haskap) Honeydew Melon Horned Melon (Kiwano) Huckleberry Jackfruit Jujube Key Lime Kiwifruit Korean Melon (Chamoe) Kumquat Lemon Lime Lingonberry Loquat Lychee Makrut Lime Mandarin Orange (Tangerine) Mango Maqui Berry Medlar Meyer Lemon Miracle Fruit Mulberry Nectarine Noni Orange Papaya Passion Fruit Paw Paw Peach Persian Melon Persimmon Pineapple Plum / Prune Pomegranate Pomelo Quince Raspberry Redcurrant Sea Buckthorn Sloe (Blackthorn) Strawberry Sweet Cherry Tamarind Watermelon Winter Melon (Wax Gourd) Yuzu

Functional Food (56)

Almond Milk Amaranth Amla Artichoke Barley Beets Bone Broth Brown Rice Buckwheat Chasteberry Chlorella (Chlorella vulgaris) Chyawanprash Cocoa Cod Couscous Dark Chocolate (85%+) Dark Leafy Greens Farro Free & Easy Wanderer (Xiao Yao San) Garlic Ginger Green Tea / Matcha Irish Moss Jade Windscreen (Yu Ping Feng San) Juniper Kefir Kelp Kimchi Lemon Peel Mackerel Millet Molecular Hydrogen (Hydrogen-Rich Water) Monk fruit Nopal Oat Milk Oats (Rolled) Olive Oil (EVOO) Pasta Pumpkin Seeds Sardines Sauerkraut Saw Palmetto Shrimp Sorghum Soy Milk Spirulina Tilapia Tofu Trout Tuna Turmeric Walnuts White Rice Whole Wheat Bread Wild Rice Wild Salmon

Herb (134)

Agrimony Alfalfa Aloe vera Angelica Arjuna Arnica Astragalus Baical Skullcap Barberry Basil Bee Balm Bhringraj Bitter Melon Bitter orange Black Cohosh Blessed Thistle Blue Lotus Blue Vervain Boswellia Bupleurum Burdock Butterbur Calendula California Poppy Cat's Claw Cedar Berry Chamomile Chickweed Chicory Chives Cilantro Codonopsis Comfrey Curry Leaf Damiana Devil's Claw Dill Dong Quai Echinacea Elecampane Epazote Ephedra Eucalyptus European Mistletoe Evening Primrose Eyebright Feverfew Forsythia Frankincense Gentian German Chamomile Ginkgo Gokshura Goldenseal Ground Ivy Guduchi, Heartleaf Moonseed Gymnema Hawthorn Hibiscus Holy Basil (Tulsi) Honeysuckle Flower Hops Horehound Horny Goat Weed Horseradish Horsetail Hyssop Jamaican Dogwood Kava Kudzu Lavender Lemon Balm Lemongrass Licorice Lobelia Manjistha Marjoram Marshmallow Meadowsweet Moringa Motherwort Mugwort Mullein Myrrh Oat Straw Olive Leaf Onion Oregano Oregano (Wild) Oregon Grape Parsley Passionflower Pau d'arco Plantain Pleurisy Root Prickly Ash Quassia Red Clover Red Raspberry Rehmannia Rooibos Rose Rosemary Saffron Sage Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen) Sarsaparilla Sassafras Savory Senna Shatavari Skullcap Slippery Elm Spearmint St. John's wort Stevia Sweet Wormwood Tarragon Tea Tree Oil Thyme Tribulus Triphala Uva Ursi Valerian White Peony White Willow Wild Cherry Witch Hazel Wood Betony Wormwood Yarrow Yellow Dock Yerba mate Yohimbe

Jam & Preserve (4)

Apple Butter Fruit Jam Fruit Preserves Marmalade

Meat & Poultry (7)

Beef Beef (Grass-Fed) Beef Liver Chicken Lamb Pork Turkey

Mushroom (101)

Abalone mushroom Agaricus blazei Agarikon Almond mushroom Amethyst deceiver Artist's conk Bamboo mushroom Bear's head tooth Beefsteak fungus Birch bolete Birch polypore Black morel Black reishi Black truffle Black trumpet Blue oyster mushroom Blusher Bulbous honey fungus Burgundy truffle Button mushroom Caesar's mushroom Caterpillar fungus Cauliflower mushroom Chaga Charcoal burner Chestnut mushroom Chicken of the woods Cicada flower Coral tooth fungus Cordyceps Elm oyster Enoki Field blewit Fried chicken mushroom Fu ling Giant puffball Golden chanterelle Golden oyster mushroom Granulated bolete Green-cracking russula Gypsy mushroom Hedgehog mushroom Hemlock reishi Honey fungus Huaier Indigo milk cap King oyster King tuber oyster Lion's mane Maitake March mushroom Matsutake Mesima Milky mushroom Morel Nameko Orange birch bolete Oyster mushroom Paddy straw mushroom Parasol mushroom Phoenix oyster Pig's ear Pink oyster mushroom Pioppino Porcini Poria Reishi (Ganoderma lingzhi) Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) Resinous polypore Resinous polypore (Ganoderma) Saffron milk cap Sajor-caju oyster Sanghuang (Phellinus baumii) Sanghuang (Sanghuangporus sanghuang) Shaggy mane Sheep polypore Shiitake Shimeji Silver ear Slippery jack Split gill mushroom St. George's mushroom Stout camphor fungus Termite mushroom (clypeatus) Termite mushroom (Termitomyces albuminosus) Termite mushroom (Termitomyces heimii) Termite mushroom (Termitomyces microcarpus) Tinder fungus Turkey tail Umbrella polypore Usnea White truffle White-pored chicken of the woods Wild enoki Willow bracket Wine cap Witch's butter Wood blewit Wood ear (Auricularia auricula-judae) Wood ear (Auricularia heimuer) Yellowfoot

Nut (9)

Almonds Brazil Nuts Cashews Hazelnuts Macadamia Nuts Peanuts Pecans Pine Nuts Pistachios

Nut & Seed Butter (4)

Almond Butter Peanut Butter Sunflower Seed Butter Tahini

Oil & Vinegar (9)

Apple Cider Vinegar Avocado Oil Balsamic Vinegar Coconut Oil Flaxseed Oil Red Wine Vinegar Rice Vinegar Toasted Sesame Oil Walnut Oil

Resin, Gum & Sap (10)

Benzoin Resin Birch Sap Dragon's Blood (Sangre de Grado) Frankincense (Boswellia) Guggul Gum Arabic (Acacia) Maple Sap / Syrup Mastic (Chios Mastic) Myrrh (Resin) Pine Resin / Pitch

Root, Tuber & Rhizome (9)

Burdock Root Chicory Root Fingerroot Galangal Jicama Konjac (Glucomannan) Kudzu Root Lotus Root Yacon

Salve (2)

Comfrey & Plantain Healing Salve Drawing Salve

Sauce & Condiment (7)

Basil Pesto Crushed Tomatoes (San Marzano) Ketchup Marinara Sauce Mayonnaise Sun-Dried Tomatoes Tomato Paste

Seed (14)

Cacao Chia Flaxseed Grape Seed Griffonia Guarana Hemp Seeds Horse Chestnut Kola Nut Poppy Seeds Psyllium Quinoa Sesame Seeds Sunflower Seeds

Soap (3)

Charcoal & Tea Tree Soap Goat Milk & Calendula Soap Oatmeal & Honey Soap

Spice (28)

Allspice Anise Annatto Bay Leaf Black Cumin Black pepper Caraway Cardamom Cayenne Celery Seed Ceylon Cinnamon Chili Pepper Cinnamon Clove Coriander Cumin Fennel Fenugreek Mustard Nutmeg Pippali (Long Pepper) Salt (Sea Salt) Star Anise Sumac Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi) Vanilla Wasabi Zedoary

Spray (3)

Herbal Insect-Repellent Spray Lavender Linen & Pillow Spray Magnesium Spray

Sprout & Microgreen (8)

Alfalfa Sprouts Barley Grass Broccoli Sprouts Moringa (Sprout) Mung Bean Sprouts Pea Shoots Radish Microgreens Wheatgrass

Tea & Tisane (10)

Butterfly Pea Flower Chrysanthemum Flower Coffee Guayusa Hibiscus Tea Honeybush Lapacho (Pau d'Arco) Pu-erh Tea Rooibos (Tea) Yerba Mate (Tea)

Tincture (3)

Echinacea Tincture Elderberry Tincture Valerian & Passionflower Sleep Tincture

Vegetable (62)

Acorn Squash Artichoke (Globe) Arugula Asparagus Beet Beet Greens Bell Pepper Black Beans Bok Choy Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Butternut Squash Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower Celeriac (Celery Root) Celery Chickpeas Collard Greens Cucumber Daikon Radish Dandelion Greens Edamame (Green Soybeans) Eggplant Endive / Chicory (leaf) Fennel (Bulb) Garlic Green Beans Green Peas Jicama Kale Kohlrabi Leek Lentils Mung Bean Mushroom (Button/Cremini) Mustard Greens Napa Cabbage Okra Onion Parsnip Potato Pumpkin Purslane Radish Romaine Lettuce Rutabaga Scallion / Green Onion Shallot Snap Peas / Snow Peas Spaghetti Squash Spinach Sunchoke Sweet Corn Sweet Potato Swiss Chard Tomato Turnip Turnip Greens Watercress Winter Squash (Kabocha) Zucchini

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