title: FAO/INFOODS food composition database for biodiversity.
abstract: Nutrient content can vary as much between different varieties of the same foods, as they do among different foods. Knowledge of varietal differences can therefore mean the difference between nutrient adequacy and inadequacy. The FAO/INFOODS food composition database for biodiversity has been developed with analytical data for foods described at the level of variety, cultivar and breed, and for underutilized and wild foods. It contains 6411 food entries and values for 451 components together with the bibliographic references and other information. The database is in MS Excel format and can be downloaded free-of-charge from the INFOODS website http://www.fao.org/infoods/biodiversity/index_en.stm. It is intended to annually publish new editions, making these data available for national and regional food composition databases. This database could be used to raise the awareness, promote and investigate food biodiversity and help to better estimate nutrient intakes.
authors.affiliation: FAO, Rome, Italy. ruth.charrondiere@fao.org
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ruth Charrondière
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stadlmayr
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rittenschober
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mouille
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: Elinor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Medhammar
authors.forename: Temesgen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Olango
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eisenwagen
authors.forename: Diedelinde
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Persijn
authors.forename: Kristy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ebanks
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Burlingame
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005502:Food / Q000145:classification; D005504:Food Analysis; D020407:Internet