USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17

NUTRIENT DATA LABORATORY

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 17

NOTE: This release of the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference has been superseded.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 17 of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference is provided here for those users who may wish to use it for historical reasons.

This page provides access to Release 17 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 6839 different foods directly from this home page.

The suggested citation for this database is:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2004. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp

Search the database online (Note: This program DOES NOT access SR17, but the current release)

Download software to search the SR database. (Note: This program DOES NOT access SR17, but the current release)

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^ŽReader^Ž 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.

SR17 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 17 is being prepared for distribution on CD-ROM from the Government Printing Office. Information will be posted here when available.