USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

Release 21

This page provides access to Release 21 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 on your computer. An online search is also provided so you can look up the nutrient content of 7,412 different foods directly from this home page. Search programs for the PC and PDA are also available.

The suggested citation for this database is:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.ars.usda.gov/ba/bhnrc/ndl

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Individual food reports of all the foods in the database--includes scientific name, refuse, and nutrient content.
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® Reader® 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.
SR21 documentation describing all the files, their fields and relationships accompanies the database and can be viewed online.