USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release (2024)

FAQs

What is the USDA National Nutrient Database for standard reference? ›

The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) is the major source of food composition data in the United States and provides the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors. This is the last release of the database in its current format.

SR Legacy has been the primary food composition data type in the United States for decades. It provides a comprehensive list of values for food components, including nutrients derived from analyses, imputations, and the published literature.

Nutrition.gov serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers.

The USDA Foods Database will be updated monthly and includes the date the vendor last updated product information. If a vendor updates their information after the monthly release, these updates will appear in the following month's release.

NRV stands for 'Nutrient Reference Value'. Put simply, it's the recommended daily quantity of a nutrient an average person needs to remain healthy and prevent illness or deficiency. NRV was formerly known as RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance).

The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (NLEA) permits the use of label claims that characterize the level of a nutrient in a food (i.e., nutrient content claims) if they have been authorized by FDA and are made in accordance with FDA's authorizing regulations.

Suggested Citation: USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies, 1.0. 2004. Beltsville, MD: Agricultural Research Service, Food Surveys Research Group.

The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference is a database produced by the United States Department of Agriculture that provides the nutritional content of many generic and proprietary-branded foods.

Open Food Facts is a database of food products with ingredients, allergens, nutrition facts and all the tidbits of information we can find on product labels. Open Food Facts is a non-profit association of volunteers.

What is the most comprehensive food database? ›

FooDB. FooDB is the world's largest and most comprehensive resource on food constituents, chemistry and biology. It provides information on both macronutrients and micronutrients, including many of the constituents that give foods their flavor, color, taste, texture and aroma.

How many calories are there in an egg? The calories in an egg will vary depending on the size and how it is prepared. However, on average a single medium-sized egg will contain around 66 calories, an average small egg will contain around 55 calories and an average large egg around 80 calories.

A database update was released on December 16, 2021, containing new data for 2020 and updates and revisions to historical data for 1996–2019.

MyPlate replaced the Food Guide Pyramid, which was made before the internet.

Dietary reference intakes (DRIs) are a set of scientifically developed reference values for nutrients. DRI values provide the scientific basis for nutrition professionals, governments, and non-governmental organizations to carry out activities such as: Developing nutrition labels.

The USDA shields and labels assure consumers that the products they buy have gone through a rigorous review process by highly-skilled graders & auditors that follow the official grade standards and process standards developed, maintained and interpreted by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.