USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 13

Files for Downloading

NOTE:  This release of the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference has been superseded.  The new release is available on our new web site:  http://www.ars.usda.gov/nutrientdata.   Access to Release 13 of the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference is provided here for those users who may wish to use it for historical reasons. 

All files are compressed using PKZip, right click here to download pkzip

Documentation for the database is available either in the main SR13 directory as a clickable html file or in the download files listed here. The documentation is given in both WordPerfect 6.1 or as a PDF file. PDF files can be read using the Acrobat reader which is available free. To install a PDF viewer in your web browser read, "Steps to Downloading the Free Acrobat Reader"

Full version 

• ASCII (2,011 Kb) - This file contains the SR13 data in delimited files. These file are for importing into a database program on your computer. Using these files will allow the database program to import the files into its own format and give you access to all the features of your database program.
• DBF (2,086 Kb) - This file contains the SR13 data in DBF files. While your database program will be able to read these files without importing, all the features of the program may not be available.
• ACCESS (4,812 Kb) - This file contains the SR13 data imported into a MS Access database.  It includes relationships between files and a few sample queries and reports.  You need MS Access 2000 to use this file. 

Abbreviated - This file contains data for a limited number of nutrients for all food items in ASCII format. See the documentation for more information.

• ASCII (529 Kb) - delimited file suitable for importing into many programs.
• DBF (594 Kb) - can be used by many database programs without importing, though all the features of the program may not be available.
• Excel (1,131 Kb) - for use with MS Excel, but can also be used by many other spreadsheet programs.

Update Files -  Contains updates for those users who have loaded Release 12 into their own computers and wish to do their own updates.

• ASCII (296 Kb) - delimited file suitable for import into many programs
• DBF (313 Kb) - can be used by many database programs without importing, though all the features of the program may not be available.

Last modification date: August 11, 2006