For a general citation of the Agriculture & Food Systems Institute Crop Composition Database, please cite:

Ridley et al., 2004 (J. Food Comp. Anal., 17:423-438); Alba et al., 2010 (J. Food Comp. Anal., 23:741-748); Sult et al., 2016 (J. Food Comp. Anal., 51:106-111); Bajaj et al., 2026 (J. Food Comp. Anal.,  151; 108981).

In addition, the following citation format is suggested when referring to datasets obtained from the Crop Composition Database:

AFSI (2026) Crop Composition Database, Version 11.0, Agriculture & Food Systems Institute www.cropcomposition.org [Month, day, year (when the cited data was retrieved from the database)].