Overview: Content of NDSR Output Files for Menu Records

The Menu Record type in NDSR allows you to enter menu items and amounts to determine the nutrient content of a menu. Below is the data that NDSR output files include for Menu Records.

Bolded files indicate most commonly used files

Nutrient Data

Values for 178 nutrients, nutrient ratios, and other food components

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Day/Menu

● File 06: Total nutrient content of a Menu Record

 

Meal

● File 03: Nutrient content of each meal/eating occasion (e.g., breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack) in a Menu Record

 

Food

● File 02: Nutrients from each food in the record at the whole food level (e.g., lasagna)
● File 01: Nutrients from each food in the record at the ingredient level (e.g., lasagna noodles, mozzarella cheese, etc.)
HEI Data

Total HEI score, index and component scores,  and MyPlate equivalents

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Day/Menu

● File 24: HEI data for a Menu record

 

Meal

● File 22: HEI data for each meal/eating occasion in a Menu Record

 

Food

● Not Available
Food Group Servings

Food serving counts for 174 food categories

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Day/Menu

● File 11: Total Food Serving counts for a Menu Record

 

Meal

● File 08: Food serving counts for each meal/eating occasion in a Menu Record

 

Food

● File 07: Food serving counts for each food in a Menu Record
Dietary Supplement Data

Values for 134 nutrients and botanicals from dietary supplements

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Dietary Supplement Assessment Module (DSAM) not available for Menu Records

Note: A comprehensive list of the variables available in each output file is available in Chapter 8, Managing NDSR Output of the NDSR User Manual.