Title of the dataset:
A Food Composition Database of 4 different datasets from Denmark, Japan, FAO and the USA

Creators:
J.J. Groot, ORCID 0000-0002-8206-8214
X. Guo, ORCID 0000-0001-7377-0151
M.G. Kok
S. Dastoum
S.C. Pyett
Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, Wageningen University & Research

Project:
The Insight Platform, KB-39-004-001, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), The Netherlands

Related publication:
A Worldwide Hotspot Analysis on Food Loss and Waste, Associated Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Protein Losses
Guo, X., Broeze, J., Groot, J. J., Axmann, H. B. & Vollebregt, H. M., 2020, In: Sustainability. 12, 18, 7488.

Description:
This dataset contains food composition data from severals datasources (FAO, FoodData Central (USA), FRIDA (Denmark), Japan Standard Tables of Food Composition)

Keywords:
Micronutrients
Food Composition data
Macronutrients
Amino Acids

Spatial coverage:
not applicable

Temporal coverage:
not applicable

This dataset contains the following file:
20210310Nutrientdatabase.csv

Explanation of variables:
Fresh or processed
Type of protein: animal based or plant based
Referred database: See materials and methods section
Item No.: ID of food item
Item name: Name of food item
Nutrient abb: Nutrient abbriviation
Nitrient name: Nutrient Name
Unit: Unit measurement of value
Value: Value

Methods and materials:
FAO Food Composition Database for Bangladesh
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/food_composition/documents/FCDB_7_4_14.xlsx available via International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS) https://www.fao.org/infoods/infoods/tables-and-databases/asia/en/
Accessed 12-06-2019

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 28
https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/composition-foods-raw-processed-prepared-usda-national-nutrient-database-standard-reference-release-28-0
Accessed 14-07-2019

Frida Food Data (http://frida.fooddata.dk), version 1, 2015, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark
Accessed 20-05-2019

Standard Tables of Food Composition In Japan (MEXT)
https://www.mext.go.jp/en/policy/science_technology/policy/title01/detail01/1374030.htm
Accessed 04-12-2019

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