The Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) is a service of the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. The Lab’s mission is to develop authoritative food composition databases and state of the art methods to acquire, evaluate, compile, and disseminate composition data on foods available in the United States.
NDL and its predecessor organizations in USDA have been compiling and developing food composition databases for over a century. They have brought this process to the Internet, with the USDA National Nutrient Database (NND).
The NND allows simple keyword searching by food or nutrient. Brand names are included, as well as food types, so if you get a craving in the heat of the summer you can look up either ice cream novelties or Klondike.
Reports are available for single serving size, 100 grams, or full package. A report includes profiles of proximates (energy, protein, ash, fiber, etc.), minerals, vitamins, lipids, and amino acids.
The NND is freely accessible on the Internet. A user friendly, searchable version of the authoritative nutrient database is available for download onto personal computers (PCs) and PDAs free of charge.
Look for the NND on JEFFLINE’s List of All Databases.
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