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USDA Food Database Nutrition Tables

With more and more processed foods available and an ever growing concern over the dietary habits of the American public, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides a means for consumers to identify healthy foods easily.

  1. Inception

    • On July 14, 2006 the USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) launched a website that aimed at cataloguing as much specific nutritional data as possible and making it available to the public: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

    Name Your Food

    • Navigating FNIC's website is relatively easy. In FNIC's "Nutrient Data Laboratory" you type in up to five keywords that describe the food you're considering eating. For example, you might type in "canned beans."

    Narrow Down Your Selection

    • The keywords the database will prompt you to narrow down your selection by offering a series of options. Select the option that most accurately reflects your food choice.

    Select Your Quantity

    • You'll then be asked to choose the quantities you'd like included in the nutrition table. For example, you might want the nutritional data on 100 grams of green beans and the data on 1 cup of green beans.

    View Your Data

    • Based on the information provided, Nutrient Data Laboratory will provide you with the appropriate nutritional data indicating calories, carbohydrates, sugars, fats, and vitamins and minerals for each quantity selected.

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