This page provides access to Release 17 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 later on your computer.

The suggested citation for this database is:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2004. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp

• Display: 
  • Reports of all the foods in the database.  
  • 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 Acrobat 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.
• SR17 documentation describing all the files, their fields and relationships accompanies the database and can be viewed online.  The ASCII files can also be viewed online.

The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17 is being prepared for distribution on CD-ROM from the Government Printing Office.  Information will be posted here when available. 

Updates to Earlier Releases

These files are for those users who have built their own database and wish to perform their own updates:

• From SR16-1 to SR17
• From SR16 to SR16-1
• From SR15 to SR16
• From SR14 to SR15
• From SR13 to SR14
• From SR12 to SR13
  • ASCII
  • DBF
• From SR11-1 to SR12
  • ASCII (980 Kb)
  • DBF (980 Kb)
• From SR11 to SR11-1
  • ASCII (300 Kb)
  • DBF (289 Kb)
• From SR10 to SR11
  • ASCII (415 Kb)
  • DBF (418 Kb)