NDSR 2025 Program Updates

 

Notes Search feature has been added. Now in the Record Search window, you can search the Header, Trailer, Meal, Food, or Supplement Notes fields for text.

 

Theme colors option now available. Background colors have been updated to be more consistent throughout the program.  By selecting the ‘Use Theme Colors’ checkbox in the User Preferences, NDSR becomes compatible with Contrast Themes settings in Windows.

 

Output files now include a backup file. Now when you generate your output files, a backup file of the project will also be generated in the zipped output file.  Backup and Output file names will also include the word ‘backup’ or ‘output’ to help you differentiate between the two. 

 

2025 NCC Food and Nutrient Database Updates

 

Nutrients added:

• Heme Iron
• Non-heme Iron
• % Calories from Added Sugars (by Total Sugars) [a calculated nutrient]

 

Baby foods were updated and include the addition of over 200 new baby food products and the deletion of products no longer in the marketplace. Baby food brands include: Beech-Nut, Earth’s Best Organic, Gerber, Happy Baby and Happy Tot, Mum-Mum, Plum Organics, and Store Brand (e.g. Parent’s Choice) foods.

 

Infant Formulas manufactured by Gerber and Mead Johnson (e.g. Enfamil) were updated.

 

Meat substitutes were updated to reflect the current product offerings for items such as plant-based chicken, fish, sausage, and deli slices. The update includes products from Beyond Meat, BOCA, Gardein, Good Catch, Impossible Foods, MorningStar Farms, Quorn, Tofurky, and Worthington.

 

NCC continued to add new foods including foods unique to various eating traditions. A list is available that includes most foods unique to various eating traditions available in NDSR 2025.

 

A few of the many new foods added include:

 

African peanut soup

Aloo palak or saag (stir-fried Indian potatoes and spinach)

Barbacoa (Mexican pulled beef)

Candied ginger (or crystallized ginger)

Carnitas (Mexican pulled pork)

Kalbi (Korean BBQ short ribs)

Liberian check rice

Liberian chicken gravy

Massaman curry

Mixed berries

Mul Naengmyeon (Korean cold noodle soup)

Mulligatawny soup

Nuoc cham (Vietnamese) or prik nam pla (Thai) dipping fish sauce

Stuffed pork chop

Tamarind paste

 

Updates from FNDDS 2021-2023 categories of eggs, legumes and nuts, fruits, fats and salad dressings, and sweets and beverages were integrated.