The FoodOn consortium is happy to announce our paper that describes the history, current design and future direction of the FoodOn ontology. It is titled “FoodOn: a harmonized food ontology to increase global food traceability, quality control and data integration” and is available as a pdf at https://rdcu.be/bdLun or on the web at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-018-0032-6 .