Published by Health Canada, the Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods (NVSCF) provides Canadians with a resource that lists 19 nutrients for 1000 of the most commonly consumed foods in Canada. Use this quick and easy reference to help make informed food choices through an understanding of the nutrient content of the foods you eat. For further information, a booklet is available on this site in a downloadable or printable pdf format.

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This dataset was created by Zach Haygarth

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Canada's national food composition database reporting the amount of nutrients in foods commonly consumed in Canada.

The Canadian Nutrient File (CNF) is the standard reference food composition database reporting the amount of nutrients in foods commonly consumed in Canada.

The Canadian Nutrient File (CNF) is the standard reference food composition database reporting the amount of nutrients in foods commonly consumed in Canada.

Health Canada document gives detailed information on the CNF database and the structure of the database.

Health Canada document gives detailed information on the CNF database and the structure of the database.

Answers from Health Canada to frequently asked questions regarding the Canadian Nutrient File Recipe Proportions

Provides access and instructions for downloading electronic files.

Comparison of nutrient compositions for aggregated FLIP food profiles and FID food profiles by food category (n = 1561).

Provides access and instructions for downloading electronic files.

Answers from Health Canada to frequently asked questions regarding the Canadian Nutrient File Recipe Proportions

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Number and proportion (%) of FID food profiles that were matched with a FLIP product and the average number and range of FLIP matches per FID food profile, overall and by major food group (n = 2785 FID food profiles) a.

Health Canada publishes two databases which list nutrient values in Canadian foods: The Canadian Nutrient File (CNF) and the Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods (NVSCF)

A surveillance tool that classifies foods found in the Canadian Nutrient File into categories and tiers based on their alignment with the 2019 Canada's Food Guide.

Step-by-step method for determining which FID food profile was most appropriate to match with each FLIP product and the number and percent (%) of foods matched at each step (n = 16,136) a.

1Total sugar content refers to the percentage of calories attributed to total sugars in each product. Percentages were calculated using the Canadian Nutrient File and included all varieties of a given product. For example, ice creams products contain between 17% and 61% of calories from total sugars.2Considering 1 or 2 tablespoon of sugar.

This data set describes the stable water isotope (δ18O-H2O, δ2H-H2O), Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC), and Nutrient (Nitrate + Nitrite, Phosphate, Silicate) data collected from 53 rivers, lakes, and glaciers throughout the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) and Hudson Bay as part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Rivers Program (CAA-RP; 2016 – 2019); ArcticNet / Amundsen Science biogeochemical surveys (2017-2019); the Canada 150 C3 Expedition (2017); and the BaySys project (2018). Water samples were collected according to methods developed by the Arctic Great Rivers Observatory (http://www.arcticgreatrivers.org/), described in detail in Brown et al., 2020. Water collected for stable water isotope, DOC, and Nutrient analyses was filtered through 0.22 μm Sterivex cartridges (Millipore) into triply rinsed glass (isotopes) or HDPE (Nutrients, DOC) vials; HDPE vials were acid cleaned prior to use. Samples for the determination of DOC and Nutrients were frozen until analyses, whereas stable isotope samples were stored in the dark at room temperature or refrigerated until analyses. Analytical methods are described in the accompanying metadata file. Where indicated, water Temperature and Conductivity at the time of sampling were determined as described in the dataset metadata file.