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Section II: Food Commodity Fact Sheets

Updated January 2006

The Food Commodity Fact Sheets present useful information to providers and users of U.S. food aid under P.L. 480. The Sheets contain general information on use of the commodity in the P.L. 480 Program, data on the average nutritional values of commodities and formulae used in the P.L. 480 food aid programs, information on components, ingredients and specifications, and packaging and shelf life information from USDA. The information contained in these Fact Sheets is updated as new data becomes available and therefore represents the mostcurrent information available.

The following Commodity Fact Sheets are available:

• Beans, Black
• Beans, Great Northern
• Beans, Kidney (Light Red, Dark Red, All types)
• Beans, Navy (Pea Beans)
• Beans, Pink
• Beans, Pinto
• Beans, Small Red
• Bulgur (BW)
• Bulgur, Soy Fortified (SFBW)
• Corn (bagged, bulk)
• Cornmeal
• Cornmeal, Soy-Fortified (CMSF)
• Corn Soy Blend (CSB) ¹
• Corn Soy Milk (CSM)¹
• Corn Soy Milk, Instant (ICSM) ¹
• Lentils
• Non-Fat Dry Milk (NFDM)
• Peas (Green Peas and Yellow Peas - whole, split)
• Rice (bagged, bulk)
• Rice (parboiled, bagged, bulk)
• Sorghum (bagged, bulk)
• Sorghum Grits, Soy-Fortified (SFSG) ¹
• Fortified Refined Vegetable Oil (Edible Vegoil)
• Wheat (bagged, bulk)
• Wheat Flour (all purpose [AP] flour, bread flour)
• Wheat Soy Blend (WSB)
• Wheat Soy Milk (WSM)

The Commodity Fact Sheets are organized as follows.

1. NUTRITIONAL VALUES (per 100 g of Raw Commodity)
Commodity proportions presented in the Nutritional Value tables are all for 100 g amounts of raw, non-cooked commodity. They were obtained from USDA Purchase Announcements dating from October 1997 through December 1, 1998. The USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (Release 12: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp) was used to obtain nutritional data on each of the ingredient commodities except Small Red Beans, which was obtained from the National Dry Bean Council (NDBC), because there was no data in the USDA reference. Vitamin and mineral fortification amounts were obtained from the Purchase Announcements. Except for Corn Soy Blend (CSB) and Wheat Soy Blend (WSB), the commodities are enriched to restore vitamins and minerals lost in processing. Note that the definition of enrichment is the restoration of nutrients lost in food processing while fortification refers to the addition of nutrients. For CSB and WSB, the figures in the tables represent the total of the naturally occurring nutrients plus the fortification ingredients added. For all other commodities, the nutrient levels given in the tables approximate the naturally occurring nutrient levels in the food or formulation of foods making up the commodity. Where nutrient values were not available in the USDA Nutrient Database, "n/a" is listed in the nutrient tables.

2. COMPONENTS All Commodity Fact Sheets contain information on the components of the commodities and/or formulae. Descriptions of the commodities that were not considered to be a specification were included in this section. For example, bulgur is described as "cracked, debranned and partially precooked to lower final cooking time, reduce toughness and some of the crude fiber."

3. SPECIFICATIONS Specifications included in this section were mostly obtained from USDA:FSA:PDD:EOB. In cases where specifications from the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) web site were not available, specification information was obtained directly from the purchase announcements. It is important to note however, that the actual nutrient values in particular lots of food may vary from the exact values specified in the purchase announcements. Specifications in export purchase announcements are also subject to change periodically. The nutrient values given in the commodity fact sheets will be updated when these changes occur. Each commodity fact sheet also provides the source of the nutritional value information.

The section on specifications includes information, as appropriate, on the commodity class or grade, filth, fumigation, physical and chemical requirements of the finished product, and enrichment ingredients.

4. PACKAGING The information on packaging was obtained from the Export Operations Branch at the Procurement Donations Division of the Farm Services Agency of USDA during November 1998.

5. SHELF LIFE Shelf life data were obtained from the 1988 Commodity Fact Sheets and confirmed by USDA Export Operations Branch at the Procurement Donations Division of the Farm Services Agency (of USDA USDA/FSA/EOD/PPD) during November 1998. Refer to "Section III: Storage/Shelf Life Specifications" for more information.