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USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 18

This page provides access to Release 18 of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. You can either view the data here or download the data files and documentation in several different formats for use later on your computer. A search tool is also provided so you can look up the nutrient content of 7,146 different foods directly from this home page.

The suggested citation for this database is:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2005. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp

• Search the database online
• Download software to search the SR database.
• Display: 
  • Reports of all the foods in the database.  
  • Nutrient lists for selected foods and nutrients.  These lists are sorted either by food description or in descending order by nutrient content in terms of common household measures.
    
    You will need the Adobe^® Reader^® viewer to view these reports.  These reports can also be downloaded to your PC and/or printed on your printer.
     
• Download the database for use on your computer with various software packages.
• SR18 documentation describing all the files, their fields and relationships accompanies the database and can be viewed online.  The ASCII files can also be viewed online.

The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18 is being prepared for distribution on CD-ROM from the Government Printing Office.  Information will be posted here when available. 

An article reporting on NDL's development of a food composition database for American Indians/Alaskan Natives appears in the September issue of Agricultural Research.