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food composition databases
Also known as: food composition, food composition databases, food composition data, food composition tables
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Ethnobotanical and Food Composition Monographs of Selected ... ouci.dntb.gov.ua 5 facts
referenceSM Church published 'The History of Food Composition Databases' in the Nutrition Bulletin in 2006.
referenceWiddowson EM and McCance RA published a 1943 paper in The Lancet titled 'Food tables—their scope and limitations', which discusses the methodology and constraints of food composition databases.
referenceJ.C. Somogyi provided guidelines for the preparation of national food composition tables in 1974.
referenceSouci, Fachmann, and Kraut published a comprehensive reference on food composition and nutrition tables in 2008.
referenceH. Greenfield and D.A.T. Southgate published a guide on the production, management, and use of food composition data in 2003.
A Consensus Proposal for Nutritional Indicators to Assess ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org 5 facts
claimThe Working Group plans to consider the additional indicators (food composition, frugality, household food security, level of food processing, nutrient profile, global nutritional index, food losses, and waste) in future work.
measurementThe Mean Adequacy Ratio (MAR) is theoretically expected to be 29, but is typically lower in practice due to the lack of comprehensive food composition tables.
claimLimitations of nutrient density scores include the requirement for accurate quantitative dietary intake data and food composition databases, the difficulty of comparing countries with different recommended intakes, and the necessity of using the same nutrients and total number of nutrients when comparing studies.
claimThe primary data used to assess dietary intake include the mean amounts of various foods, beverages, or food groups consumed daily, and the energy provided by weight unit of those foods as determined by food composition databases.
claimThe Working Group identified additional indicators—including food composition, frugality, household food security, level of food processing, nutrient profile, global nutritional index, food losses, and waste—that are considered proxies for or overlap with the thirteen selected indicators.
Dietary Guidelines and Quality - Principles of Nutritional Assessment nutritionalassessment.org 3 facts
claimMost diet quality indices were historically developed for adult populations in high-income countries and rely on quantitative dietary recall data from food frequency questionnaires or 24-hour recalls, requiring comprehensive food composition data.
referenceThe Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) measures the inflammatory potential of a diet, was originally developed for adults, and requires detailed quantitative dietary intake data, including intake of herbs and spices, as well as food composition data that includes many food substances.
claimMost diet quality scores and indices require detailed quantitative dietary intake and food composition data, though simpler measures have been developed for contexts where such data are unavailable.
Wild edible plants for food security, dietary diversity, and nutraceuticals frontiersin.org Nov 27, 2025 1 fact
claimThe reliability of species-level identification and nomenclature for lesser-known wild or locally cultivated plants is a significant problem for users of food composition data, according to Nesbitt et al. (2010).
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Shabelle Zone, Eastern ... link.springer.com Feb 5, 2026 1 fact
referenceTardío J, Sánchez-Mata MD, Morales R, Molina M, García-Herrera P, Morales P, Díez-Marqués C, Fernández-Ruiz V, Cámara M, and Pardo-de-Santayana M published ethnobotanical and food composition monographs of selected Mediterranean wild edible plants in 2016.