NCC News Bite – May 2025

NDSR, Newsletter

 

This edition contains the following articles:

Baby Foods and Infant Formulas Updated for NDSR 2025!

 

The NCC database team has been hard at work updating the baby foods and infant formulas that will be represented in NDSR 2025 and the 2025 database files! Over 200 new baby food products have been added to our database, providing new selections for multiple categories such as meals, finger foods, and fruit and veggie squeeze pouches.  Baby food products that were in the database that are no longer available in the marketplace have been deactivated to make the searching process more efficient.

 

Users can expect to see updated selections for the following popular baby food brands:

 
  • Beech-Nut
  • Earth’s Best Organic
  • Gerber
  • Happy Family Brands (Happy Baby and Happy Tot)
  • Mum-Mum
  • Store Brand (e.g. Parent’s Choice)
  • Plum Organics
 

Infant formulas produced by Gerber and Mead Johnson have also been reviewed and updated to ensure nutrient accuracy and alignment with the current market.

 

These are only some of the updates that have been made for the upcoming version of NDSR! Stay tuned for more sneak previews in our next newsletter.

 

As a reminder, the latest version of NDSR is included as a component of your annual NDSR support. Any clients with up-to-date support at the time of the NDSR 2025 release will receive access to the updated software. Not sure of your support status or want to reinstate your support for another year? Send us an email at NDSRHelp@umn.edu to learn more!

 

Sample Data Analysis Plan Now Available on Website

 

Last year we added new pages to the NCC website to help orient you and your analyst to the content of NDSR Output Files.  Now, we have added an example of an analysis plan that can help you think through how you might develop your own analysis plan. We encourage researchers to develop an analysis plan for their specific diet-related research questions because the plan will help you identify the specific NDSR output files you need and the variables you may need to create from the data in these files.  This plan is shared courtesy of Lisa Chow, MD, MS at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Results from the study were published in this article:

 

Oldenburg, Niki, et al.”Time-restricted eating, caloric reduction, and unrestricted eating effects on weight and metabolism: a randomized trial.” Obesity (2025)

 

Please Complete the 2025 Client Survey

 

We are conducting a Client Survey and would love to hear from you.  If you haven’t already, please take our brief survey.  We are interested in hearing from NDSR Users and those licensing our NCC Food and Nutrient Database Files as well.  To those of you who have already responded, thank you very much!

 

No Price Increase for NDSR Software Licensing for July 2025-June 2026

 

Current prices for NDSR software licensing and annual support will remain the same through June 2026. The NCC price list is available here.

 

New Foods

 

The following new foods are available with this edition of the NCC News Bite. A New Foods Backup File is available for download on our website under New Food Backup Files, “May 2025”.

 
  • Buffalo Wild Wings Traditional Wings
  • Cambrooke Low Protein Homestyle Bread
  • Ferrero Rocher Candy
  • Gatorade Fit – Watermelon Strawberry
  • Kraft Cheddar Style Not Cheese Plant Based Slices
  • Madegood Granola Bar – Vanilla Drizzled
  • Pure Protein Bar – Chewy Chocolate Chip
  • Udi’s Gluten Free Hamburger Bun