[Note: Integrated as part of FoodData Central, April 2019.] The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) is the major source of food composition data in the United States and provides the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors. This is the last release of the database in its current format. SR-Legacy will continue its preeminent role as a stand-alone food composition resource and will be available in the new modernized system currently under development. SR-Legacy contains data on 7,793 food items and up to 150 food components that were reported in SR28 (2015), with selected corrections and updates. This release supersedes all previous releases. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release. File Name: SR-Leg_DB.zipResource Description: Locally stored copy - The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference as a relational database using AcessResource Title: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release. File Name: SR-Leg_ASC.zipResource Description: ASCII files containing the data of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release.Resource Title: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release. File Name: SR-Leg_ASC.zipResource Description: Locally stored copy - ASCII files containing the data of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release.

[Note: Integrated as part of FoodData Central, April 2019.] The database consists of several sets of data: food descriptions, nutrients, weights and measures, footnotes, and sources of data. The Nutrient Data file contains mean nutrient values per 100 g of the edible portion of food, along with fields to further describe the mean value. Information is provided on household measures for food items. Weights are given for edible material without refuse. Footnotes are provided for a few items where information about food description, weights and measures, or nutrient values could not be accommodated in existing fields. Data have been compiled from published and unpublished sources. Published data sources include the scientific literature. Unpublished data include those obtained from the food industry, other government agencies, and research conducted under contracts initiated by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Updated data have been published electronically on the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) web site since 1992. Standard Reference (SR) 28 includes composition data for all the food groups and nutrients published in the 21 volumes of "Agriculture Handbook 8" (US Department of Agriculture 1976-92), and its four supplements (US Department of Agriculture 1990-93), which superseded the 1963 edition (Watt and Merrill, 1963). SR28 supersedes all previous releases, including the printed versions, in the event of any differences. Attribution for photos: Photo 1: k7246-9 Copyright free, public domain photo by Scott Bauer Photo 2: k8234-2 Copyright free, public domain photo by Scott Bauer Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: READ ME - Documentation and User Guide - Composition of Foods Raw, Processed, Prepared - USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 28. File Name: sr28_doc.pdfResource Software Recommended: Adobe Acrobat Reader,url: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html Resource Title: ASCII (6.0Mb; ISO/IEC 8859-1). File Name: sr28asc.zipResource Description: Delimited file suitable for importing into many programs. The tables are organized in a relational format, and can be used with a relational database management system (RDBMS), which will allow you to form your own queries and generate custom reports.Resource Title: ACCESS (25.2Mb). File Name: sr28db.zipResource Description: This file contains the SR28 data imported into a Microsoft Access (2007 or later) database. It includes relationships between files and a few sample queries and reports.Resource Title: ASCII (Abbreviated; 1.1Mb; ISO/IEC 8859-1). File Name: sr28abbr.zipResource Description: Delimited file suitable for importing into many programs. This file contains data for all food items in SR28, but not all nutrient values--starch, fluoride, betaine, vitamin D2 and D3, added vitamin E, added vitamin B12, alcohol, caffeine, theobromine, phytosterols, individual amino acids, individual fatty acids, or individual sugars are not included. These data are presented per 100 grams, edible portion. Up to two household measures are also provided, allowing the user to calculate the values per household measure, if desired.Resource Title: Excel (Abbreviated; 2.9Mb). File Name: sr28abxl.zipResource Description: For use with Microsoft Excel (2007 or later), but can also be used by many other spreadsheet programs. This file contains data for all food items in SR28, but not all nutrient values--starch, fluoride, betaine, vitamin D2 and D3, added vitamin E, added vitamin B12, alcohol, caffeine, theobromine, phytosterols, individual amino acids, individual fatty acids, or individual sugars are not included. These data are presented per 100 grams, edible portion. Up to two household measures are also provided, allowing the user to calculate the values per household measure, if desired.Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://www.microsoft.com/ Resource Title: ASCII (Update Files; 1.1Mb; ISO/IEC 8859-1). File Name: sr28upd.zipResource Description: Update Files - Contains updates for those users who have loaded Release 27 into their own programs and wish to do their own updates. These files contain the updates between SR27 and SR28. Delimited file suitable for import into many programs.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL), in collaboration with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Pork Board, American Lamb Board, and meat scientists at selected universities, has conducted several research studies designed to update and expand nutrient data on retail meat cuts in the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR). These studies have provided current and accurate estimates of data to update SR, and the study results have been incorporated into data sets that can be used for nutrient labeling. NDL has developed these data sets, presented in an easy-to-use table format.
Each data set provides retailers with easier access to the most accurate nutrient data for the purpose of on-pack nutrition labeling and for nutrition claims. These data sets focus on the cuts identified by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed labeling regulations for fresh, single-ingredient meats. The FSIS, an agency of the USDA, is the public health agency responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: The USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Beef Cuts, Release 3.0. File Name: Retail_Beef_Cuts03.pdfResource Description: Each data set provides retailers with easier access to the most accurate nutrient data for the purpose of on-pack nutrition labeling and for nutrition claims. These data sets focus on the cuts identified by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed labeling regulations for fresh, single-ingredient meats. The online version of this document can be found at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Meat/Retail_Beef_Cuts03.pdfResource Title: The USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Beef Cuts, Release 3.0 (MS Excel download). File Name: Beef_Labelling_Table03.xlsxResource Description: The tables in "The USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Beef Cuts" imported into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The online version of this spreadsheet can be found at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Meat/Beef_Labelling_Table03.xlsxResource Title: USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Pork Cuts, Release 2. File Name: Pork09.pdfResource Description: Each data set provides retailers with easier access to the most accurate nutrient data for the purpose of on-pack nutrition labeling and for nutrition claims. These data sets focus on the cuts identified by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed labeling regulations for fresh, single-ingredient meats. Find the online version of this document at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Meat/Pork09.pdfResource Title: USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Pork Cuts, Release 2 (MS Excel download). File Name: Pork09_Tbl.xlsResource Description: The tables in "The Revised USDA Nutrient Data Set for Fresh Pork" imported into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Find the online version of this spreadsheet at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Meat/Pork09_Tbl.xlsResource Title: Raw Ground Pork (MS Excel download). File Name: EstNutrRawGrndPork4_28.xlsResource Description: These tables provide nutrient profiles for raw ground pork from 4-28% fat, in increments of 1% fat, as determined by regression equations. Find the online version of this spreadsheet at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Meat/EstNutrRawGrndPork4_28.xlsResource Title: USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Veal Cuts. File Name: Retail_Veal_Cuts.pdfResource Description: Each data set provides retailers with easier access to the most accurate nutrient data for the purpose of on-pack nutrition labeling and for nutrition claims. These data sets focus on the cuts identified by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed labeling regulations for fresh, single-ingredient meats. Find the online version of this document at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Meat/Retail_Veal_Cuts.pdfResource Title: Veal Labeling Table (MS Excel download). File Name: Veal_Labeling_Table.xlsxResource Description: The tables in "The USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Veal Cuts" imported into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Find the online version of this spreadsheet at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Meat/Veal_Labeling_Table.xlsxResource Title: USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Lamb Cuts. File Name: Lamb_Labeling_Doc.pdfResource Description: Each data set provides retailers with easier access to the most accurate nutrient data for the purpose of on-pack nutrition labeling and for nutrition claims. These data sets focus on the cuts identified by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed labeling regulations for fresh, single-ingredient meats. Find the online version of this document at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Meat/Lamb_Labeling_Doc.pdfResource Title: Lamb Labeling Table (MS Excel download). File Name: Lamb_Labeling_Table.xlsxResource Description: The tables in "The USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Lamb Cuts" imported into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Find the online version of this spreadsheet at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Meat/Lamb_Labeling_Table.xlsx

[Note: Integrated as part of FoodData Central, April 2019.]
The USDA Branded Food Products Database is the result of a Public-Private Partnership, whose goal is to enhance public health and the sharing of open data by complementing USDA Food Composition Databases with nutrient composition of branded foods and private label data provided by the food industry. Members of the Public-Private Partnership include:

• Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA (www.ars.usda.gov)
• Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS) (www.iafns.org)
• GS1 US (www.gs1us.org/)
• 1WorldSync (www.1worldsync.com)
• Label Insight (www.labelinsight.com)
• University of Maryland, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (jifsan.umd.edu)

The BFPDB includes:

• product name and generic descriptor,
• serving size in grams or milliliters,
• nutrients on the Nutrition Facts Panel per serving size and 100 gram-basis, 100 ml-basis, or fluid oz-basis,
• ingredient list, (never before captured by USDA), and
• date stamp associated with most current product formulation.

All data will be archived, allowing for dietary trends tracking. The BFPDB allows: dietitians to provide specific dietary guidance; researchers to better link dietary intakes to disease measures; and policy makers to develop guidance which promotes public health.

New in this August 2018 release are downloadable database files (ASCII .csv and MS Access), Application Programming Interface (API), and Documentation and Download User Guide.

The USDA Branded Food Database was integrated as part of FoodData Central on April 2019. For more information on FoodData Central and the USDA Branded Food Database:

Website: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/ Ag Data Commons link: https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/fooddata-central

What We Eat in America (WWEIA) is the dietary intake interview component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). WWEIA is conducted as a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Two days of 24-hour dietary recall data are collected through an initial in-person interview, and a second interview conducted over the telephone within three to 10 days. Participants are given three-dimensional models (measuring cups and spoons, a ruler, and two household spoons) and/or USDA's Food Model Booklet (containing drawings of various sizes of glasses, mugs, bowls, mounds, circles, and other measures) to estimate food amounts. WWEIA data are collected using USDA's dietary data collection instrument, the Automated Multiple-Pass Method (AMPM). The AMPM is a fully computerized method for collecting 24-hour dietary recalls either in-person or by telephone. For each 2-year data release cycle, the following dietary intake data files are available: Individual Foods File - Contains one record per food for each survey participant. Foods are identified by USDA food codes. Each record contains information about when and where the food was consumed, whether the food was eaten in combination with other foods, amount eaten, and amounts of nutrients provided by the food. Total Nutrient Intakes File - Contains one record per day for each survey participant. Each record contains daily totals of food energy and nutrient intakes, daily intake of water, intake day of week, total number foods reported, and whether intake was usual, much more than usual or much less than usual. The Day 1 file also includes salt use in cooking and at the table; whether on a diet to lose weight or for other health-related reason and type of diet; and frequency of fish and shellfish consumption (examinees one year or older, Day 1 file only). DHHS is responsible for the sample design and data collection, and USDA is responsible for the survey’s dietary data collection methodology, maintenance of the databases used to code and process the data, and data review and processing. USDA also funds the collection and processing of Day 2 dietary intake data, which are used to develop variance estimates and calculate usual nutrient intakes. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: What We Eat In America (WWEIA) main web page. File Name: Web Page, url: https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/beltsville-md-bhnrc/beltsville-human-nutrition-research-center/food-surveys-research-group/docs/wweianhanes-overview/ Contains data tables, research articles, documentation data sets and more information about the WWEIA program. (Link updated 05/13/2020)

Comparison of per capita energy acquired (kcal) and nutrients densities (per 100 kcal of FAH purchases) between SNAP and low-income non-SNAP households.

Fitness Nutrition Dataset

A processed and cleaned nutritional dataset optimized for fitness and health applications, derived from the USDA Food Data Central database.

  Dataset Description

This dataset contains nutritional information for branded food products with UPC codes, making it ideal for fitness apps, nutrition tracking, and health research. Each row represents a unique food product with comprehensive macronutrient and micronutrient data. Dataset Statistics:

📊 1… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/trentmkelly/US-food-nutrient-data.

Find the calorie content of any food or beverage using the Food-a-pedia, looking at the Nutrition Facts label, or checking product or restaurant websites

Associations between nutritional quality and covariates among low-income households.

The Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) is the source of national and State-level statistics on food insecurity used in USDA's annual reports on household food security. The CPS is a monthly labor force survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Once each year, after answering the labor force questions, the same households are asked a series of questions (the Food Security Supplement) about food security, food expenditures, and use of food and nutrition assistance programs. Food security data have been collected by the CPS-FSS each year since 1995. Four data sets that complement those available from the Census Bureau are available for download on the ERS website. These are available as ASCII uncompressed or zipped files. The purpose and appropriate use of these additional data files are described below: 1) CPS 1995 Revised Food Security Status data--This file provides household food security scores and food security status categories that are consistent with procedures and variable naming conventions introduced in 1996. This includes the "common screen" variables to facilitate comparisons of prevalence rates across years. This file must be matched to the 1995 CPS Food Security Supplement public-use data file. 2) CPS 1998 Children's and 30-day Food Security data--Subsequent to the release of the April 1999 CPS-FSS public-use data file, USDA developed two additional food security scales to describe aspects of food security conditions in interviewed households not captured by the 12-month household food security scale. This file provides three food security variables (categorical, raw score, and scale score) for each of these scales along with household identification variables to allow the user to match this supplementary data file to the CPS-FSS April 1998 data file. 3) CPS 1999 Children's and 30-day Food Security data--Subsequent to the release of the April 1999 CPS-FSS public-use data file, USDA developed two additional food security scales to describe aspects of food security conditions in interviewed households not captured by the 12-month household food security scale. This file provides three food security variables (categorical, raw score, and scale score) for each of these scales along with household identification variables to allow the user to match this supplementary data file to the CPS-FSS April 1999 data file. 4) CPS 2000 30-day Food Security data--Subsequent to the release of the September 2000 CPS-FSS public-use data file, USDA developed a revised 30-day CPS Food Security Scale. This file provides three food security variables (categorical, raw score, and scale score) for the 30-day scale along with household identification variables to allow the user to match this supplementary data file to the CPS-FSS September 2000 data file. Food security is measured at the household level in three categories: food secure, low food security and very low food security. Each category is measured by a total count and as a percent of the total population. Categories and measurements are broken down further based on the following demographic characteristics: household composition, race/ethnicity, metro/nonmetro area of residence, and geographic region. The food security scale includes questions about households and their ability to purchase enough food and balanced meals, questions about adult meals and their size, frequency skipped, weight lost, days gone without eating, questions about children meals, including diversity, balanced meals, size of meals, skipped meals and hunger. Questions are also asked about the use of public assistance and supplemental food assistance. The food security scale is 18 items that measure insecurity. A score of 0-2 means a house is food secure, from 3-7 indicates low food security, and 8-18 means very low food security. The scale and the data also report the frequency with which each item is experienced. Data are available as .dat files which may be processed in statistical software or through the United State Census Bureau's DataFerret http://dataferrett.census.gov/. Data from 2010 onwards is available below and online. Data from 1995-2009 must be accessed through DataFerrett. DataFerrett is a data analysis and extraction tool to customize federal, state, and local data to suit your requirements. Through DataFerrett, the user can develop an unlimited array of customized spreadsheets that are as versatile and complex as your usage demands then turn those spreadsheets into graphs and maps without any additional software. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: December 2014 Food Security CPS Supplement. File Name: dec14pub.zipResource Title: December 2013 Food Security CPS Supplement. File Name: dec13pub.zipResource Title: December 2012 Food Security CPS Supplement. File Name: dec12pub.zipResource Title: December 2011 Food Security CPS Supplement. File Name: dec11pub.zipResource Title: December 2010 Food Security CPS Supplement. File Name: dec10pub.zip

A collection of over 75 charts and maps presenting key statistics on the farm sector, food spending and prices, food security, rural communities, the interaction of agriculture and natural resources, and more.

How much do you know about food and agriculture? What about rural America or conservation? ERS has assembled more than 75 charts and maps covering key information about the farm and food sectors, including agricultural markets and trade, farm income, food prices and consumption, food security, rural economies, and the interaction of agriculture and natural resources.

How much, for example, do agriculture and related industries contribute to U.S. gross domestic product? Which commodities are the leading agricultural exports? How much of the food dollar goes to farmers? How do job earnings in rural areas compare with metro areas? How much of the Nation’s water is used by agriculture? These are among the statistics covered in this collection of charts and maps—with accompanying text—divided into the nine section titles.This record was taken from the USDA Enterprise Data Inventory that feeds into the https://data.gov catalog. Data for this record includes the following resources: Ag and Food Sectors and the Economy Land and Natural Resources Farming and Farm Income Rural Economy Agricultural Production and Prices Agricultural Trade Food Availability and Consumption Food Prices and Spending Food Security and Nutrition Assistance For complete information, please visit https://data.gov.

This dataset measures food availability and access for 76 low- and middle-income countries. The dataset includes annual country-level data on area, yield, production, nonfood use, trade, and consumption for grains and root and tuber crops (combined as R&T in the documentation tables), food aid, total value of imports and exports, gross domestic product, and population compiled from a variety of sources. This dataset is the basis for the International Food Security Assessment 2015-2025 released in June 2015. This annual ERS report projects food availability and access for 76 low- and middle-income countries over a 10-year period. Countries (Spatial Description, continued): Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: CSV File for all years and all countries. File Name: gfa25.csvResource Title: International Food Security country data. File Name: GrainDemandProduction.xlsxResource Description: Excel files of individual country data. Please note that these files provide the data in a different layout from the CSV file. This version of the data files was updated 9-2-2021

More up-to-date files may be found at: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/international-food-security.aspx

This fact sheet describes what FDPIR is, who is eligible for the program, and what foods are available through the program. The fact sheet also provides the number of participants, information about health and nutrition, and resources for supplemental information.

Created in collaboration with the Institute of Child Nutrition, this series of fact sheets provide an overview of food allergies, the top 8 food allergies, how to manage food allergies, and common questions regarding food allergies in adult day care programs.