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name: foods-mdpi description: "Shared author-guideline skill for MDPI food & nutrition journals: Foods, Antioxidants, Toxins. Use to format or check a manuscript for an MDPI food journal — the MDPI template structure, abstract/keyword limits, numbered MDPI/ACS-style references, and figure specs. Triggers: submit to Foods, Antioxidants, Toxins guidelines, MDPI 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: MDPI verified: "2026-07" source: "https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/instructions"

MDPI Food Journals — Shared Author Guideline Skill

Publisher: MDPI · Verified: 2026-07 · Sources: Foods instructions, Antioxidants, Toxins. All Gold open access; use the MDPI Word/LaTeX template.

Applies to

Journal	Abbrev	Scope
Foods	FOODS	Broad food science & technology
Antioxidants	ANTIOXIDANTS-BASEL	Antioxidants, oxidative stress (food/health)
Toxins	TOXINS	Toxins incl. mycotoxins/food-safety toxicology

Article types

Article, Review, Communication, plus Perspective/Opinion, Case Report, Protocol. Special Issues are central to MDPI; note the target Special Issue if any.

Manuscript structure (MDPI template)

Numbered sections: 1. Introduction → 2. Materials and Methods → 3. Results → 4. Discussion → 5. Conclusions. Followed by: Supplementary Materials, Author Contributions, Funding, Institutional Review Board Statement, Informed Consent Statement, Data Availability Statement, Acknowledgments, Conflicts of Interest, References.

• Abstract: single paragraph, ≤200 words.
• Keywords: 3–10 (aim for ~5).
• Author Contributions: CRediT taxonomy, required.
• All the statement sections above are mandatory in the MDPI template (state "not applicable" where relevant).

Reference style

Numbered, MDPI/ACS style. In-text bracketed numbers [1], [2,3] in order of appearance; numbered list.

Example:

1. Author, A.B.; Author, C.D. Title of the article. Foods 2023, 12, 1234. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12xxxxxx

(Author names as Last, F.M.; journal name italic; year bold; volume italic.)

Figures & tables

Figures ≥300 dpi (≥1000 dpi for line art); place near first citation; MDPI adds figure/table numbering; editable tables; all figures/tables cited in order. Provide high-res originals.

Submission checklist

• MDPI template, numbered sections · [ ] Abstract ≤200 words · [ ] 3–10 keywords
• All mandatory statement sections completed (IRB, consent, data availability, conflicts, funding, contributions)
• Numbered MDPI-style references with DOIs · [ ] Figures ≥300 dpi
• Cover letter · [ ] Suggested reviewers (MDPI requests several)

Also covers — MDPI nutrition journals

Same MDPI template (numbered MDPI style, mandatory statement sections).

Journal	Abbrev	Scope
Nutrients	NUTRIENTS	Human nutrition, diet, health
Dietetics	DIETETICS-BASEL	Dietetics (OA)
Obesities	OBESITIES-BASEL	Obesity (OA)

Formatting constraints

publisher: MDPI
scope: food & nutrition
reference_style: numbered-mdpi
abstract_words: 200
keywords: {min: 3, max: 10}
mandatory_statements: [author_contributions, funding, irb, informed_consent, data_availability, conflicts_of_interest]
open_access: gold
figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000}