For years, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has offered an online database of common foods and ingredients, breaking these down into macronutrient (protein, carbohydrate, fat) and micronutrient (vitamins, minerals, etc.) contents. There is now a Canadian counterpart to this database, the Canadian Nutrient File (CNF). The CNF is a computerized, bilingual food composition database containing average values for nutrients in foods available in Canada.
This is in fact the tenth edition of the CNF, but the first available online. It contains data on 6000 food items, and is available online at www.healthcanada.gc.ca/cnfonline . New features in this edition include Canadian traditional native foods and there are links to other valuable Health Canada resources, such as Dietary Recommended Intakes (DRIs) and Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating.
International food composition tables are also available, at www.langual.org
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