Food Intake Databases

• General
• Meat and Poultry
• Other Animal Products
• Plant Products
• Food Additives and Supplements
• Biological Hazards
• Chemical Hazards

General

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Agricultural Statistics Annual publication that publishes information on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns in the United States. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Food Directorate, Health Canada	Canadian Nutrient File, 2001b Downloadable, bilingual food composition database that provides nutrient information for thousands of Canadian foods. Publication Year: 2001	May 10, 2004
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Changes in Food Consumption and Expenditures Data on average annual household food use and related expenditures for major foods and food groups, 1977/78 and 1987/88. Publication Month: December 1992	Jun 7, 2002
	Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency	Chemicals in the Environment: OPPT Chemical Fact Sheets These fact sheets for selected environmental chemicals describe exposure routes, production and consumption of products, effects of exposure (including dose-response information, toxicity, and carcinogenicity), regulation information, contact information, and more. (more)	Sep 3, 2002
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	China Agricultural and Economic Data National and provincial level agricultural-related data from China. Data are downloadable in pdf, Excel, or html format.	Jul 27, 2005
	Community Nutrition Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Community Nutrition Mapping Project CNMap This site gives data in tabular form and mapped for the U.S. states for nutrient intakes and healthy eating patterns. Includes data on percentage of individuals meeting REI/RDA for 18 nutrients, percentage of individuals meeting the Pyramide Serving recommendations, and other nutrition-related intake data. Figures on physical activity and body weight indicators, food security indicators, and demographics are provided in tabular form only. These indicators have been compiled from a variety of sources. There is also information on local community studies. (more)	Jul 14, 2003
	D&B, Inc.	D&B - Dun's Market Identifiers (R) (Dialog file 516) This database can be used to find the number of businesses, number of establishments, number of employees, and dollar sales. In addition to its uses in cost-benefit analyses, this broad business database can be used in risk assessments because it allows estimating the number of establishments by type. For example, the number of restaurants that serve sushi in the United States can help determine the probability of exposure to raw seafood, which could prove important in a risk assessment. To find out more, see the Dialog Bluesheet for file 516. (more)	Jun 13, 2002
	Division of Cancer Prevention and Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health	Dietary Assessment Calibration/Validation Register Searchable register of calibration/validation studies and publications related to dietary assessment methods.	Jul 21, 2004
	Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Fast Facts, Reports/Articles, and Tables (2003-2004) Includes 1)Factsheet on What We Eat in America NHANES 2003-2004; 2) Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies, 2.0; 3) Tables of Nutrient intakes. (more) Publication Date: Friday, December 14, 2007	Feb 11, 2008
	Sara Fein	FDA Food Safety Surveys This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. It describes FDA food safety surveys, including types of information available, methods, data weights, use in exposure assessment, relevance to children, use in risk characterization, strengths of the data, how to access the data, and the ease of collecting this type of data. The pdf version of this presentation is available here. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002	Aug 19, 2002
	Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies Database of foods, their nutrient values, and weights for typical food portions is used to analyze data from the survey What We Eat in America (WWEIA), the dietary intake component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which includes 10 data files, plus comprehensive documentation and user's guide for ease of use. (more) Publication Date: Monday, February 11, 2008	Feb 11, 2008
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Food Away From Home Data on trends on spending in commercial eating places, types of eating places, foods consumed, and food as a snack or meal. Also includes average cost of meals and snacks by occasion and restaurant type and meals and snacks spending by establishment type. (more) Publication Month: December 1995	Jun 7, 2002
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Food Consumption, Prices and Expenditures Data on food consumption, prices and expenditures. Available datasets include 1968-1989, 1970-1995, and 1970-1997.	Jun 7, 2002
	Putnam, Judith Jones, and Jane E. Allshouse	Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970-97 Report presents data on food consumption, prices, and expenditures by commodity and commodity group, supply and use, prices, total expenditures, and U.S. income and population. (more) Publication Month: April 1999	Jun 7, 2002
	Food Marketing Institute	Food Marketing Institute Organization of food retailers and wholesalers that researches consumer trends, new technology, improving management practices, and total systems analysis. Topics on the website include community outreach, consumer issues, food safety and security, government and public affairs, human resources, industry relations, loss prevention, retail management, retail operations, supply chain, and technology. There are also links to statistics and newsletters related to food safety and consumption. Publications and data are available to purchase. (more)	Jun 12, 2002
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Food Spending in American Households, 1980-1988 Data on household food expenditures by major food groups and by household demographic characteristics. Includes data on food price trends and the percent of households purchasing selected food items in a week. Data actually goes up to 1992. (more) Publication Month: October 1994	Jun 7, 2002
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Food, Beverages, and Tobacco Expenditures, 1970-1988 Data on total expenditures of food, beverages, and tobacco for many countries. Expenditures are computed as a percent of disposable personal income and private final consumption expenditures. Also includes gross domestic product, disposable personal income, private final consumption expenditures, net savings, exchange rates, total sales of restaurants, cafes, and hotels, and population. (more) Publication Month: April 1991	Jun 7, 2002
	Community Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	FoodLink Databases that link food codes from USDA survey databases and the Nutrient Database for Standard Reference to information on ingredients and commodities, portion sizes, food group classifications, and other data. (more) Deadline: Thursday, November 3, 2005	Nov 3, 2005
	Global Environment Monitoring System /Food Contamination and Monitoring Assessment Programme, World Health Organization	GEMS/Food Regional Diets (Regional Per Capita Consumption of Raw and Semi-Processed Agricultural Commodities) GEMS/Food Regional Diets provide intake values for agricultural commodities for five regions: Middle Eastern, Far Eastern, African, Latin American, and European. The intake data are derived from FAO food balance sheets, consumption levels, and expert knowledge. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	International Food Policy Research Institute	IFPRI: Datasets Listing of datasets provided by IFPRI, including geospatial datasets, household- and community-level surveys (some of which contain food consumption and nutrition-related data), and more. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, September 13, 2005	Sep 13, 2005
	Food and Nutrition Division, Economic and Social Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	International Food Composition Tables Directory Directory of food composition tables with information about their availability. Most are not accessible online.	Jun 5, 2002
	Food and Nutrition Programme, United Nations University	International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS) Resources on the nutrient composition of foods. Includes links to regional data centers, publications including the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, a directory of food composition tables/databases, food composition and dietary assessment software, and more. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	Division of Data Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Continuous survey of health and diet in the U.S. This website provides links to NHANES documentation and summary data, ordering information, and online access to datasets. (more)	Nov 1, 2001
	Circle Group Holdings, Inc.	NATS: Nutrition Analysis Tools and System Database that can be used to analyze the nutrient content of foods, developed at the University of Illinois. The database allows for calculation of nutrient content of foods and combinations of foods by accessing the USDA Handbook #8 and data from other sources. The output are tables that may be saved to your computer or disk. Also on this website are definitions of nutrients and their functions, an energy calculator, instructions for accessing the tools from your cell phone, and other resources. (more)	Nov 17, 2003
	Johnson, Clifford	NHANES: A Potential Database for Risk Assessment This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. It discusses the NHANES surveys, including sample design, process, topics, nutrition assessments, dietary assessment, and measures of exposure to environmental chemicals. The pdf version of this document is available here. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002	Aug 16, 2002
	Nutrient Data Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Nutrient Data Laboratory Information on food composition and nutrient content, with ability to search and download the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Food Directorate, Health Canada	Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods Tables giving the nutrient contents of many foods marketed in Canada. Nutrient values are taken from the 1997 version of the Canadian Nutrient File. (more) Publication Year: 1999	May 10, 2004
	Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research	Nutrition Monitoring in the United States: The Directory of Federal and State Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Activities Directory of projects related to nutrient measurement, food composition, and food and nutrient consumption. Publication Month: April 2000	May 28, 2002
	Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Past Surveys - USDA Nationwide Food Surveys, 1935-1998 The data available from past USDA food consumption surveys reflect the foods and their nutrient values that were available at the time of the particular survey. (more) Publication Date: Friday, December 14, 2007	Feb 11, 2008
	Journal of Commerce	PIERS Imports (U.S. Ports) Collection of manifests of vessels discharging international cargo at U.S. ports. Available import data include number of importers, description of shipments, packaging, number of units, and weight or volume of shipments. The data from this source is useful in estimating the probability of consuming a particular imported good from any specific country (Netherland tomatoes, for example). This data is also useful in researching hazard assessments by combining the information with FDA import detention data. See the Dialog Bluesheet for File 573 more information. (more)	Jun 13, 2002
	Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Production, Supply and Distribution Online Database of USDA data on production, supply, and distribution of agricultural commodities for the U.S. and other countries. Data may be viewed in tabular form or downloaded. Pre-defined tables are available, but you may also create a custom query. Raw data files for commodities are also available. This page also provides a link to the IDB (International Data Base) of demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world, maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau. (more)	Feb 22, 2008
	Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Studies, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health	Pyramid Servings Database for NHANES III Database to support analysis of dietary data from NHANES III based on servings from the Food Guide Pyramid's food groups. The database may be downloaded in its entirety or as a subset that includes only those codes in NHANES III without one-to-one matches in CSFII. SAS programs are available for supporting the analysis. The database may also be searched online for desired foods and food servings. (more)	Jul 21, 2004
	Cook, A.J.; Friday, J.E.	Pyramid Servings Database for USDA Survey Food Codes Version 2.0 Servings data based on the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, including Pyramid Servings intake data for What We Eat in America, NHANES 1999-2000, NHANES 2001-2002, and CSFII 1994-96, 1998. The database may be downloaded, and a search tool is also available. Tables using the data are available for Pyramid Serving Intakes in the US 1999-2002, 1 Day and Pyramid Serving Intakes in the US 1994- 96, 1998, 1 Day. (more) Publication Month: December 2004	Apr 6, 2005
	Center for Electronic Records, National Archives and Records Administration	Titles of Electronic Records from the Department of Agriculture Listing of electronic records available through NARA. Includes data on commodities and agricultural research, the Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals (1985-1986), and the Nationwide Food Consumption Survey (1977-1978 and 1987-1988). (more)	May 28, 2002
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	U.S. Food Expenditures Data on expenditures for food and alcoholic beverages. Data was last updated in 1997. Publication Month: October 1997	Jun 7, 2002
	Nutrient Data Laboratory, Food Composition Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	USDA Database for the Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods - 2003 This database gives the flavonoid content of 225 foods, as compiled from many data sources (which are given). Subclasses of flavonoids included are flavonols, flavones, flavanones, flavan-3-ols, and anthocyanidins. The file should be available in ASCII format for downloading from this site in the future. (more) Publication Month: March 2003	Mar 13, 2003
	Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies, 1.0 Database of food descriptions, food weights and portions, and nutrient values. It is used to process data from the dietary intake component of NHANES 2001-2002, What We Eat in America, as well as other applications. The database is available for download in Microsoft Access or ASCII delimited file format. (more) Publication Year: 2004	Jul 21, 2004
	Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S. Department of Agriculture	USDA Healthy Eating Index Downloadable datasets and reports from the USDA's Healthy Eating Index project. In this project overall diet quality and the degree to which diets comply with the Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid are examined. Total and saturated fat consumption as a percentage of total food energy intake, cholesterol and sodium intake, and variety in diet are also examined. Data are downloadable in SPSS Portable or SAS 6.12 formats. The 1999-2000 Food Guide Pyramid Servings database may also be downloaded from this site. (more)	Dec 17, 2003
	Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	What We Eat in America, NHANES Source of data on food and nutrient intakes of Americans that includes discussion of the sample design and size, how to access the data files, and related data sources and links. (more)	Feb 11, 2008
	Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	What's In The Foods You Eat Search Tool, 1.0 Searchable database of nutrient values in 13,000 foods based on the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies and the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, August 16, 2005	Aug 16, 2005
	Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	What's In The Foods You Eat Search Tool, 2.0 Based on the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS) 2.0 used to process and analyze the 2003-2004 What We Eat in America, NHANES dietary intake data. User can search the database both online and offline. (more)	Feb 11, 2008
	World Health Organization	WHO Global InfoBase: InfoBase Online Database of survey data for risk factors for noncommunicable diseases from many countries worldwide. The database may be searched to find data for a specific country and risk factor, or a more advanced search may be performed. Data is shown online in tabular format, and may be downloaded in XML, TSV, or CSV format. Data may be available for such risk factors as fruit and vegetable intake, obesity, cholesterol levels, body mass index, diabetes prevalence, and more. (more)	Jan 27, 2004
	Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Downloadable data files and documentation, reports, fact sheets, tables, and questionnaire from this survey of health risk behavior in U.S. youth. Includes data on dietary and weight management behaviors. (more)	Jun 3, 2004

Meat and Poultry

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Market Research Corporation of America	Data: Hamburger Doneness and Consumer Preferences This site provides downloadable datasets collected by the Market Research Corporation of America for the ERS. There are two data modules: the Hamburger and Egg Consumption Diary, which includes data on hamburger doneness and cooking methods, and the Hamburger Preparation Quiz, which includes data on consumer perception of the risk of foodborne illness, including hamburger doneness preferences and sensory characteristics of hamburgers. There is also a link to the corresponding report on this data. (more) Publication Month: May 2002	Oct 7, 2002
	Binfield, Julian, et al.	FAPRI-Ireland 2002 EU Baseline Briefing Book Baseline agricultural projections for the EU. Includes discussion of policy assumptions, macroeconomic assumptions, world agricultural commodity prices, and EU projections for commodities. (more) Publication Month: May 2002	Jul 12, 2002
	Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Progress Report on Salmonella Testing of Raw Meat and Poultry Products, 1998-2001 This report describes the process for testing products for Salmonella to verify that industry Pathogen Reduction/HACCP systems are effective, and gives the results of the testing. Tables show the percent of samples found positive for Salmonella, the sample size, and the baseline prevalence for each product and retail establishment size. Tables also show the percent of sample sets meeting performance standards. (more) Publication Month: April 2002	Aug 8, 2002
	Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Progress Report on Salmonella Testing of Raw Meat and Poultry Products, 1998-2002 This report describes the process for testing products for Salmonella to verify that industry Pathogen Reduction/HACCP systems are effective, and gives the results of the testing. Tables show the percent of samples found positive for Salmonella, the sample size, and the baseline prevalence for each product and retail establishment size. Tables also show the percent of sample sets meeting performance standards. (more) Publication Month: April 2003	Jun 7, 2003
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	World Red Meat and Poultry Consumption, 1975-1991 Annual consumption, population, and per capita consumption data for red meat and poultry for selected countries. Publication Year: 1997	Jun 7, 2002

Other Animal Products

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Bailey, Ken	Dairy Outlook Web Site This site provides access to a variety of data on the dairy industry. There is Pennsylvania dairy market information as well as national data on milk production, dairy product production, dairy products in cold storage, commercial disapperance of milk and dairy products, prices, import/export data, and more. (more)	Jul 29, 2002
	Gillin, Edward	FAOSTAT: The Statistical Database of FAO This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. It provides an overview of FAOSTAT, including data sources, data processing, database usage statistics, and examples of data queries and use. The pdf version of this presentation is available here. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002	Aug 16, 2002
	Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri	FAPRI U.S. Briefing Books Baseline projections for U.S. agriculture. Includes policy assumptions, macroeconomic assumptions, data for U.S. commodities, U.S. food prices and expenditures, and other indicators. Reports are available beginning 1999. (more)	Jul 12, 2002
	Binfield, Julian, et al.	FAPRI-Ireland 2002 EU Baseline Briefing Book Baseline agricultural projections for the EU. Includes discussion of policy assumptions, macroeconomic assumptions, world agricultural commodity prices, and EU projections for commodities. (more) Publication Month: May 2002	Jul 12, 2002