The links below provide more information on food availability, nutrient
availability, and loss-adjusted food availability
data and analysis as well as estimating supply and disappearance of major foods.
Food Availability
Articles and data in Amber Waves:
- Almonds Lead Increase in Tree Nut Consumption (June, 2008)
- High-Fructose Corn Syrup Usage May Be Leveling Off (February, 2008)
- Americans’ Dairy Consumption Below Recommendations (November, 2007)
- ERS Food Availability Data Look at Consumption in Three Ways (June, 2007)
- Coffee Consumption Over the Last Century (June, 2007)
- ERS Food
Availability Data Under Revision (June, 2006)
- Chicken Consumption
Continues Longrun Rise (April, 2006)
- Will
2005 Be the Year of the Whole Grain? (June, 2005)
- Americans'
Whole Grain Consumption Below
Guidelines (April, 2005)
- Estimating Consumption of Caloric Sweeteners (April, 2005)
- Measuring
America's Cheese Consumption (February, 2005)
- Cheese Consumption Continues to Rise (February, 2005)
- Trends in U.S.
Per Capita Consumption of Dairy Products, 1909 to 2001 (June, 2003)
- Estimating Per Capita Domestic Use of Head Lettuce (February, 2003)
Reports:
- Dietary Assessment of Major Trends in U.S. Food Consumption, 1970-2005 (March, 2008)
- U.S. Per Capita Food Supply Trends: More Calories, Refined Carbohydrates, and Fats (December, 2002)
- Profiling Food Consumption in America (in Agriculture Fact Book, 2001-2002)
- Imports'
Share of U.S. Diet Rises in Late 1990's (September-December, 2001)
- Per Capita Food Supply
Trends: Progress Toward
Dietary Guidelines (September-December, 2000)
- Major Trends in U.S. Food Supply, 1909-99 (January, 2000)
- U.S. Food Supply Providing More Food and Calories (September, 1999)
- Trends in the U.S. Food
Supply, 1970-97 (in America's
Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences) (May, 1999)
- Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970-97 (April, 1999)
- A Dietary Assessment of the U.S. Food Supply: Comparing Per Capita Food Consumption with Food Guide Pyramid Serving Recommendations (December, 1998)
- Milk and Milk Products: Their Importance in the American Diet (May, 1998)
- Weights, Measures, and Conversion Factors for Agricultural Commodities and Their Products (June, 1992)
Nutrient Availability
- Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply, 1909-2004 (February, 2007)
- Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply, 2005 (November, 2004)
- Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply, 1909-2000 (November, 2004)
- Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970-97 (April, 1999)
- Interactive Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply
Loss-Adjusted Food Availability
Articles and data in Amber Waves:
Reports:
- Dietary Assessment of Major Trends in U.S. Food Consumption, 1970-2005 (March, 2008)
- Possible Implications for U.S. Agriculture from Adoption
of Select Dietary Guidelines (November, 2006)
- Per Capita Food Supply
Trends: Progress Toward
Dietary Guidelines (September-December, 2000)
- Moving Toward the Food Guide Pyramid: Implications for U.S. Agriculture (July, 1999)
- A Dietary Assessment of the U.S. Food Supply: Comparing Per Capita Food Consumption with Food Guide Pyramid Serving Recommendations (December, 1998)
- Estimating and Addressing America's Food Losses (January, 1997)
- The Food Guide Pyramid, Home and Garden Bulletin Number 252 (August, 1992)
- USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Nutrient Data Laboratory
Estimating Supply and Disappearance of Major Foods
Poultry:
Dairy:
Fruits and Vegetables:
Tree Nuts:
Sugar and Sweetners:
Grains:
Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa:
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