USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 15

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Note:  This release of the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference has been superseded.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. 

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

Documentation for the database is available either in the main SR15 directory as a clickable html file or in the download files listed here. The documentation is given in both WordPerfect 2002 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 (2,362 Kb) - This file contains the SR15 data in ASCII, delimited files. These tables are organized in a relational format, and are best used with a relational database management system (RDBMS).  A RDBMS allows you  to form your own queries of the database and generate custom reports.
• ACCESS (10,439 Kb) - This file contains the SR15 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 (557 Kb) - delimited file suitable for importing into many programs.
• Excel (1,309 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 14 into their own computers and wish to do their own updates.

• ASCII (579 Kb) - delimited file suitable for import into many programs

Last modification date: August 11, 2006