Updated Nutrition Database available for consumers and business use

The following information is from Food Standards Australia New Zealand and is included here with permission.

Easier access to nutrition data is only a click away with the release of the Australian Food Composition Database. The database (previously called NUTTAB) has had a makeover including an improved web interface and enhanced search. We’ve also introduced:

• custom serve sizes to help users easily calculate the nutrient content based on what they eat (any gram or millilitre amount)
• new data for foods such as milk and bread; and new foods added such as rocket, quinoa, oat and rice milk, gluten free flour and pasta, and green tea
• a unique code (the Public Food Key) which replaces the previously used Food ID
• a core set of nutrients for all foods, which means that every food in the database will have a value for at least these 54 nutrients.

Access the database at www.foodstandards.gov.au/afcd