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name: food-function description: "Shared author-guideline skill for Royal Society of Chemistry food journals: Food & Function and Sustainable Food Technology. Use to format or check a manuscript for an RSC food journal — article types, structure, RSC superscript-numbered references, and figure specs. Triggers: submit to Food & Function, Sustainable Food Technology guidelines, RSC food formatting. Also fires when the user wants to publish on/in this journal, format a manuscript for it, or match its reference/citation style." metadata: publisher: "Royal Society of Chemistry" verified: "2026-07" source: "https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/author-and-reviewer-hub/authors-information/"

RSC Food Journals — Shared Author Guideline Skill

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry · Verified: 2026-07 · Sources: Food & Function, Sustainable Food Technology. Use the RSC article template.

Applies to

Journal	Abbrev	Scope
Food & Function	FOOD FUNCT	Physical/biological function of food, nutrition, health effects
Sustainable Food Technology	SUSTAIN FOOD TECHNOL	Sustainable food processing/technology (open access)

Article types

Full papers (Research Articles), Communications (urgent, high-impact, short), Reviews, and Perspectives. Food & Function expects a clear link to biological/physiological function, not composition alone.

Manuscript structure

Title → Author list & affiliations → Abstract → Introduction → Results and discussion → Experimental (methods placed after results, RSC convention) → Conclusions → Conflicts of interest → Acknowledgements → References. A table-of-contents (TOC) graphic + one-sentence TOC entry is required.

• Abstract: concise, unstructured (~150–200 words).
• Experimental section: after Results & Discussion (RSC style).
• Conflicts of interest statement: mandatory (state "There are no conflicts to declare" if none).

Reference style

RSC style: superscript numbers in order of citation; numbered reference list. Journal names abbreviated, year bold, volume italic, first page only.

Example:

1 A. B. Author and C. D. Author, Food Funct., 2023, 14, 1234.

Figures & tables

Figures ≥300 dpi (≥600 for line art); fit single (~8.3 cm) or double (~17.1 cm) column; RGB online; editable tables; cite in order. TOC graphic ~8 × 4 cm.

Submission checklist

• TOC graphic + one-sentence TOC text · [ ] Abstract ~150–200 words
• Experimental after Results & Discussion · [ ] RSC superscript-numbered references
• Conflicts of interest statement · [ ] Data availability (RSC requirement)
• Figures ≥300 dpi · [ ] Cover letter (significance / function link)

Formatting constraints

publisher: RSC
reference_style: rsc-superscript-numbered
abstract_words: 200
toc_graphic: required
methods_section: after-results   # "Experimental"
conflicts_statement: required
figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 600}
column_widths_cm: [8.3, 17.1]