NCC maintains and updates a premier food and nutrient database that supports NDSR.

What sets the NDSR Food and Nutrient Database apart from the rest?

• Comprehensive – more foods and nutrients than other research quality food and nutrient databases (comparison table)
  • About 19,500 foods, including 8,304 brand name products, menu items available at 23 leading restaurants, and foods from a variety of eating traditions
  • 178 nutrients, nutrient ratios and other food components
  • Food group serving count system is available to facilitate estimating intake of food groups (e.g., daily servings of fruit).
• Complete – almost no missing nutrient values
• Current – new version is released annually with additions and updates to foods and nutrients

Learn More

• Foods, Nutrients, Food Groups
• Nutrient Completeness
• Nutrient Information Sources
• Imputation Procedures
• Additions and Updates
• Database Structure
• FAQs