Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies 2019–2020: An application database for national dietary surveillance

Abstract

The USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS) is an application database created for analyzing dietary intakes from What We Eat in America (WWEIA), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). FNDDS 2019–2020, the 10th version released contains 5624 food codes and their descriptions. Values for 65 nutrients are included for each item, as well as weights for common portions. Most nutrient values are derived from USDA’s FoodData Central and newer analytical data from Foundation Foods are incorporated. Changes to the recipe calculation process generate nutrient profiles that represent a variety of items. Several categories were reviewed and updated including beef, pork, seafood, candy and cakes/pies. Both the baby-toddler foods and ready-to-eat cereals categories were updated to have generic food codes and recipe calculations, which represent a variety of commercial products versus prior FNDDS versions which contained food codes for specific products matched to the same Standard Reference codes. The FNDDS is available in both SAS® and Access® formats for download. FNDDS At A Glance provides quick viewing in Microsoft Excel® file format. All are publicly available at www.ars.usda.gov/nea/bhnrc/fsrg.