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The '''USDA National Nutrient Database''' is a database produced by the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] of the nutritional content of a great many generic and proprietary branded foodstuffs. The database may be searched online or downloaded.
The '''USDA National Nutrient Database''' is a database produced by the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] of the nutritional content of a great many generic and proprietary branded foodstuffs. The database may be searched online or downloaded. The current release (as of November 22, 2012) is SR 25, and new releases occur about once per year<ref>{{Cite Web|url=http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964|title=Nutrient Data Products and Services|accessdate=November 22, 2012}}</ref>.


These data are used as the source of food nutrient information by [[GNUtrition]], a nutrition analysis software for [[GNU]]<ref>{{cite mailing list |last=Self |first=Jason |title=GNUtrition 0.31.1 Released |publisher=info-gnu|date=2012-03-31 |url=http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2012-04/msg00000.html |accessdate=2012-04-02}}</ref>.
These data are used as the source of food nutrient information by [[GNUtrition]], a nutrition analysis software for [[GNU]]<ref>{{cite mailing list |last=Self |first=Jason |title=GNUtrition 0.31.1 Released |publisher=info-gnu|date=2012-03-31 |url=http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2012-04/msg00000.html |accessdate=2012-04-02}}</ref>.

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The USDA National Nutrient Database is a database produced by the United States Department of Agriculture of the nutritional content of a great many generic and proprietary branded foodstuffs. The database may be searched online or downloaded. The current release (as of November 22, 2012) is SR 25, and new releases occur about once per year[1].

These data are used as the source of food nutrient information by GNUtrition, a nutrition analysis software for GNU[2].

References

  1. ^ "Nutrient Data Products and Services". Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  2. ^ Self, Jason (2012-03-31). "GNUtrition 0.31.1 Released" (Mailing list). info-gnu. Retrieved 2012-04-02.

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