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Arrange a trial for your organisation and discover why FSTA is the leading database for reliable research on the sciences of food and health.
Discover reliable articles from peer-reviewed journals and trade publications, patents, and other resources from disciplines and publishers worldwide
Interdisciplinary thinking and the ability to synthesize information from diverse sources is crucial to success in this new world.
That’s why we’re trusted by researchers, scientists, students, and government organizations in 158 countries, FSTA enables unparalleled discovery of over 55 years of historical and cutting-edge research in food and health sciences, with new content added weekly.
An index of websites is not an index of facts. Navigating the vast amount of online and offline information can be challenging, especially with the rise of unreliable sources. FSTA stands out as a trusted resource in food science research. Here’s why:
Our database is updated weekly, keeping you at the forefront of food science developments.
Choose FSTA for a reliable, efficient tool and personal support to help you along your food science journey. With FSTA, you're not just accessing a database; you're joining a community committed to advancing food science knowledge and innovation.
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'Ultimately, whatever subscription resources we have must benefit our community out there and FSTA is really our manifesto.'
Library Department Head from a top 20 university for Food Science & Technology (Shanghai rankings, 2022)
Whether you’re responsible for managing an academic library, a corporate research lab or a government agency, you know that reference resources need to be trustworthy and comprehensive – while also ensuring users can actually find what they’re looking for.
FSTA empowers the global health community to search over 2,000,000 high-quality abstracts that directly relate to the sciences of food and health, without having to wade through irrelevant content or untrustworthy sources.
A specialist database that’s updated weekly and curated by experts in managing food information – enabling users to search efficiently and effectively
A powerful tool for the global food community, with search functionality designed specifically for research on the sciences of food and health
Free promotional materials and training to help information professionals raise awareness of FSTA access within their organisation
Available by subscription through popular research platforms, including Web of Science, Ovid and EBSCOhost
Also available as pay-as-you-go for corporate users
We know that searching online for reputable and relevant research can be a frustrating and time-consuming exercise. It’s no surprise then that many in the global food community are fed up with scrolling endlessly through unsuitable results – however, there is a solution!
FSTA can be trusted by those studying and working in food science, nutrition and related fields because it’s been developed expressly for them. Not only does it solely contain research directly relevant to food from sources carefully vetted by experts, but the search functionality has been specifically designed for researching food information.
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Search a database containing over 2,000,000 high-quality abstracts directly related to the sciences of food and health
Draw from over 22,675 sources, including
nearly 5,500 scientific journals
Embrace the global food community with research from 89 countries, in 41 languages
Reference abstracts that span
50 years of research, from 1969 onwards
Access FSTA through familiar research solutions like Web of Science, Ovid and EBSCOHost
Discover powerful search functionality designed specifically for food and beverage research
Confidently research content carefully curated by experts in the sciences of food and health
Make targeted search queries, as records are indexed using the world’s most comprehensive food thesaurus of over 16,000 terms, unique to IFIS
In addition to the core areas of food science, food technology and nutrition, FSTA includes relevant content across a host of related fields, including:
Click on the subject areas in bold for an in-depth look at our coverage of that field. We are adding to this regularly over the coming months, so do check back or email us to ask about a particular field.
It’s easy to feel plagued by an overload of information, with little distinguishing the trustworthy from the ill-researched or irrelevant. But the FSTA database is closely managed by a team of expert scientists, who rigorously vet additions and sources to ensure they are reliable and relevant to the sciences of food and health.
Every abstract in our database is carefully indexed against the world’s most comprehensive subject-specific food and beverage thesaurus, unique to FSTA.
Regularly updated and structured into food-centric hierarchies, with targeted filters, the thesaurus makes it easy to refine search results and mitigate the natural terminology variability from information spanning 50 years, 89 countries and 41 languages.
Find and explore authoritative research directly related to the sciences of food and health, with the tool trusted by the global food community – discover FSTA for yourself with a free trial.
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