USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory

The USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory's primary goal is to provide authoritative, reliable data on food composition through its ongoing maintenance of the USDA National Nutrient Database. It is one of the seven units in the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC) of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The Laboratory and its staff of nutritionists, dietitians, food technologists, and computer specialists have been compiling data for more than a century. Their Web site provides access to Release 16 of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. Users can search this database of 6,661 different foods online or download the...