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Abstract
Nowadays, many countries have their own national Food Composition Databases, whose continuous updating allows the inclusion of a large number of foods, reflecting the food habits of the population and the growing number of foods on the market in the best way possible. Therefore, particular attention should be directed to the study not only of individual foods or food components but also of the nutritional characteristics of dishes, meals and diets, as they are really consumed. Recently, a reviewed sensitivity in Europe towards the implementation of standardized procedures for generating reliable composition data for composite dishes has been carried out. Although direct chemical analysis is the most accurate method to determine food composition, the nutrient content of complex matrices and composite dishes is often calculated from the nutrient contents of the individual ingredients, considering the different thermal treatments and using some preparation factors. In this context, this paper aims to give an updated picture on Food Composition Databases; in particular, their application regarding complex matrices is examined together with the need to optimize their calculated nutritional values. Results obtained by this calculation should almost always be observed as approximations.
Highlights
Food Composition Databases (FCDBs) contain nutrient composition, energy and/or other bioactive components of foods largely consumed by a population [1,2], mainly simple foods and non-cooked processed foods
Particular attention should be directed to the study of individual foods or food components and to the nutritional characteristics of all foods in the generally consumed forms of the whole diet
There are still too few studies in literature that take into account the complex food formulations on nutritional properties of composite dishes [15,16,17,18,19,20]
Summary
Stefania Marconi *, Alessandra Durazzo, Emanuela Camilli, Silvia Lisciani, Paolo Gabrielli, Altero Aguzzi, Loretta Gambelli, Massimo Lucarini and Luisa Marletta. Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria-Centro di Ricerca. Received: 27 October 2017; Accepted: 13 December 2017; Published: 1 January 2018
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