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ArticleScientific reports2026

Prioritizing neglected food species in nutritional studies using expert-knowledge and explainable AI.

Michelle Cristine Medeiros Jacob, Aline Martins de Carvalho, Ângela Giovana Batista, Aníbal de Freitas Santos Júnior, Antonio Augusto Ferreira Carioca, Celia Márcia Medeiros de Morais, Cinthia Baú Betim Cazarin, Daniel Tregidgo, Danilo Vicente Batista de Oliveira, Dirce Maria Lobo Marchioni and 26 more

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Michelle Cristine Medeiros JacobLaboratory of Biodiversity and Nutrition, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, S/N, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil. michelle.jacob@ufrn.br.
Aline Martins de CarvalhoDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 01246-904, Brazil.
Ângela Giovana BatistaDepartment of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Campus Governador Valadares, Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil.
Aníbal de Freitas Santos JúniorDepartment of Life Sciences, State University of Bahia-UNEB, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, Cabula, Salvador, BH, 41150-000, Brazil.
Antonio Augusto Ferreira CariocaDepartment of Nutrition, Graduate Program in Public Health, University of Fortaleza, 1321 Washington Soares Avenue, Fortaleza, CE, 60811-905, Brazil.
Celia Márcia Medeiros de MoraisDepartment of Nutrition, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, S/N, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil.
Cinthia Baú Betim CazarinSchool of Food Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 80, Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil.
Daniel TregidgoInstituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Estrada Do Bexiga, 2584, Bairro Fonte Boa, Tefé, Amazonas, 69553-225, Brazil.
Danilo Vicente Batista de OliveiraESG & Compliance, Masterboi LTDA, Av. da Recuperação, 7380, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, 52291-000, Brazil.
Dirce Maria Lobo MarchioniDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 01246-904, Brazil.
Eliana Bistriche GiuntiniFood Research Center, Universidade de São Paulo (FoRC/USP), Rua Do Lago, 250 Bloco C, Butantã, SP, 05508-080, Brazil.
Elias Jacob de Menezes-NetoInstituto Metrópole Digital, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte, Av. Cap. Mor Gouveia, S/N, Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil.
Fillipe de Oliveira PereiraFungi Research Group, Academic Unit of Health, Education, and Health Center, Federal University of Campina Grande, Sítio Olho D'água da Bica S/N, Cuité, PB, 58175-000, Brazil.
Gabriela de Farias MouraLaboratory of Biodiversity and Nutrition, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, S/N, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil.
Hani R El BizriCenter for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), Jalan CIFOR Situ Gede, Bogor Barat, Bogor, 16115, Indonesia.
Ingrid Wilza Leal BezerraDepartment of Nutrition, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte, Avenida Salgado Filho, S/N, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil.
Jailane de Souza AquinoExperimental Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraiba, R. Tabelião Stanislau Eloy, S/N, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, PB, 58050-585, Brazil.
João Victor Mendes SilvaLaboratório de Ecologia E Evolução de Sistemas Socioecológicos, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670-900, Brazil.
Josiane StelutiDepartamento de Políticas Públicas E Saúde Coletiva, Instituto Saúde E Sociedade, Campus Baixada Santista, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Silva Jardim, n° 136, Santos, SP, CEP: 11015-020, Brazil.
Juliana Kelly da Silva-MaiaDepartment of Nutrition, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte, Avenida Salgado Filho, S/N, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil.
Juliana Araujo TeixeiraBrazilian Center for Early Childhood Development, Insper, Rua Quatá, 300, São Paulo, SP, 04546-042, Brazil.
Lara Juliane Guedes da SilvaLaboratory of Biodiversity and Nutrition, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, S/N, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil.
Letícia Zenóbia de Oliveira CamposDepartamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal Do Oeste da Bahia (UFOB), Rua da Prainha, N. 1326, Morada Nobre, Barreiras, BA, 47810-047, Brazil.
Marcela Alvares OliveiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação Em Conservação E Uso de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Br 364, S/N, Zona Rural, Porto Velho, RO, 76.801-059, Brazil.
Maria Elieidy Gomes de OliveiraLaboratory of Bromatology, Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Paraíba, Campus I, Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa, PB, 58051-900, Brazil.
Mariana de Paula DrewinskiIFungiLab, Subárea de Biologia, Departamento de Ciências da Natureza E Matemática, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência E Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP), Campus São Paulo (SPO), Rua Pedro Vicente 625, São Paulo, SP, 01109-010, Brazil.
Marina Maintinguer NordeObesity and Comorbidities Research Center, State University of Campinas, Cidade Universitária, Rua Carl Von Linaeus, S/N, Campinas, SP, 13083-864, Brazil.
Nelson MenolliIFungiLab, Subárea de Biologia, Departamento de Ciências da Natureza E Matemática, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência E Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP), Campus São Paulo (SPO), Rua Pedro Vicente 625, São Paulo, SP, 01109-010, Brazil.
Priscila F M LopesDepartment of Ecology, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da SilvaLaboratory of Biocultural Ecology, Conservation and Evolution (LECEB), Campus of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (CECA), BR-104, Km 85, S/N, Rio Largo, AL, 57100-000, Brazil.
Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega AlvesDepartamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB), João Pessoa, PB, 58071-160, Brazil.
Samara Camile Gomes da SilvaLaboratory of Biodiversity and Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, Natal, Rio Grande Do Norte, 59078-970, Brazil.
Sávio Marcelino GomesDepartment of Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraiba, R. Tabelião Stanislau Eloy, S/N, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, PB, 58050-585, Brazil.
Severina Carla Vieira Cunha LimaDepartment of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil.
Thais Q MorcattyDepartment of Geography, University College London, North West Wing, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Ulysses Paulino AlbuquerqueLaboratório de Ecologia E Evolução de Sistemas Socioecológicos, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670-900, Brazil.

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 302365/2022-2Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 302582/2023-1Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 306891/2021-2Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 314236/2021-0Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 402334/2021-3Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 444588/2023-0Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Finance Code 001INCT Ethnobiology, Bioprospecting, and Nature Conservation APQ-0562-2.01/17Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization JUST4MPA (760054, within the framework of PNRR-III-C9-2022-I8)Sao Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP 2017/25754-9Sao Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP 2018/15677-0Sao Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP 2022/03091-6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Food biodiversity is vital for human health and the development of sustainable food systems. However, research on neglected and underutilized species is limited by funding, uneven research capacity, and the challenge of balancing ecological, cultural, and public health considerations, requiring innovative prioritization approaches. Using Brazil as a model, this study inventories 369 neglected food species across algae, aquatic fauna, wild terrestrial vertebrates, insects, mushrooms, and plants. A mixed-methods approach, combining expert knowledge and explainable AI (LightGBM and SHAP value analysis), identified key factors for prioritizing species for food composition and consumption studies. The inventory is dominated by plants (29.5%) and wild vertebrates (24.4%), with significant gaps in nutritional data, particularly for algae, insects, and wild vertebrates. Over 36,000 recipes using neglected species were identified. In both food composition (R

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