The USDA has provided access to Release 24 of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. Information on more than 7900 different foods is now available. You can either view the data on the website (http://www.ars. usda.gov/ba/bhnrc/ndl) or download the data files and documentation in several different formats for use on your computer. The Mission of the Nutrient Data Laboratory is “To develop authoritative food composition databases and state of the art methods to acquire, evaluate, compile and disseminate composition data on foods and dietary supplements available in the United States.”
