NOTE: The
USDA
National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18 is now
available and supersedes previous releases. Access to Release 16-1 of the
USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference is provided here for those users
who may wish to use it for historical reasons.
This page provides access to Release 16-1 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. A search tool is also provided so you can look up the nutrient content of 6,661 different foods directly from this home page.
Note: For those users who have downloaded Release 16 and used it to update their own files and/or database, a patch is available to update your files to the Release 16-1. Updates to earlier releases are also available.
The suggested citation for this database is:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2004. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 16-1. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp
The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 16 is being prepared for distribution on CD-ROM with a patch to create SR16-1 from the Government Printing Office. Information will be posted here when available.
For users wishing to purchase the previous release, Release 15, it is available from the Government Printing Office--Stock Number: 001-000-04708-6; Price is $20.00 (U.S.) and $28.00 (non-U.S.).
Food Description File (969Kb)
Food Group File (0.6Kb)
Nutrient Definition File (4Kb)
Source Code File (0.5Kb)
Derivation Code File (4Kb)
Weight File (423Kb)
Footnote File (11Kb)
Sources of Data File (9.8Kb) - Also available as report using PDF.
Data Source Link File (1,186 Kb)
These files are for those users who have built their own database and wish to perform their own updates:
From SR16 to SR16-1
From SR15 to SR16
From SR14 to SR15
From SR13 to SR14
From SR12 to SR13
From SR11-1 to SR12
From SR11 to SR11-1
From SR10 to SR11
Last updated: September 23, 2005