Nutrient Data Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Services at US Department of Agriculture recently unveiled a new, public dataset that tracks sodium and related nutrients in more than 1,200 commercially processed and restaurant foods. Related nutrients including potassium, total dietary fiber, total and saturated fat, total sugar) are also monitored to determine whether their levels change when manufacturers and restaurants reformulate products to reduce sodium. The data are from the Sentinel Food Surveillance System, a monitoring program that has been underway – with Center for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services collaboration – since 2010. More than three quarters of sodium in the American diet is estimated to come from processed and restaurant food, giving consumers limited choice when it comes to lowering daily intake. The surveillance system data is expected to improve tracking sodium reduction efforts and help public health officials plan future strategies aimed at lowering sodium in the U.S. food supply. The dataset along with a brief description of the methods used is available at http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=22861. For further information, please contact Jaspreet Ahuja at [log in to unmask]

 

Jaspreet KC Ahuja

Nutritionist

USDA, Agricultural Research Service

Nutrient Data Laboratory

Room 209A, Building 005, BARC-West

10300 Baltimore Avenue

Beltsville, MD 20705

301.504.0695 (voice)

301.504.0692 (fax)

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From: Food Composition Discussion Group [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Esther Infanger [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 8:39 AM
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Subject: Swiss Food Composition Database V5.1

Dear Infoods-ListServ-Colleagues,

 

A few weeks ago, we were able to publish an updated version of the Swiss Food Composition Database (V5.1). The main changes are the following:

 

 

The database can be accessed free of charge on www.naehrwertdaten.ch / www.valeursnutritives.ch / www.valorinutritivi.ch and is available in 4 languages (German, French, Italian and English). The data can be viewed individually directly on the website, downloaded in its entirety as an Excel file and now also be retrieved through an application programming interface (API).

 

I hope this might be of use to some of you.

 

Best wishes,

Esther

 

 

 

Esther Infanger, RD, MNutr
Project Manager

Swiss Society for Nutrition SSN

Schwarztorstrasse 87 | Postfach 8333 | CH-3001 Bern
T +41 31 385 00 15 | F +41 31 385 00 05 | E [log in to unmask]

Know more – eat better.  http://www.sge-ssn.ch

 

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