List of EuroFIR Databases

Databases available on FoodEXplorer

Below is a list of FCDBs found on FoodEXplorer. Most of these can be found online through their national food database compilers' websites by clicking on the links provided (except those marked with *** which are not publicly available but can be accessed through FoodEXplorer).

FoodEXplorer is regularly updated with new versions of national databases. Following publication of national datasets, additional food classification and documentation may be added to enable searching, meaning that there may be some delay between national publication and update in FoodEXplorer. Please refer to the date and version details provided for each dataset in FoodEXplorer and, if necessary, check national websites for the most recent versions of national FCDBs.

 

Available databases

austria_640AUSTRIA
Institution: UVI
Database name: OENWT Österreichische Nährwerttabelle (online)

BEBELGIUM
Institution: Nubel
Database name: NIMS (online)

bulgaria_640BULGARIA***
Institution: NCH
Database name: FCTBL_BG (Food Composition Tables - Bulgaria)

canada_640CANADA
Institution: Government of Canada
Database name: Canadian Nutrient Files (online)

czech_republic_640CZECH REPUBLIC
Institution: Czech Food Composition Database
Database name: Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information & Food Research Institute (online)

denmark_640DENMARK
Institution: DTU
Database name: Danish Food Composition Databank (online)

denmark_640ESTONIA
Institution: National Institute for Health Development
Database name: Nutridata

finland_640FINLAND
Institution: THL
Database name: Fineli (online)

france_640FRANCE
Institution: ANSES
Database name: CIQUAL French food composition table (online)

greece_640GREECE+++
Institution: HHF
Database name: Composition tables of foods and Greek dishes (online)

ICELAND
Institution: MATIS
Database name: ISGEM (The Icelandic Food Composition Database) (online)

ireland_640IRELAND+++
Institution: UCC
Database name: Irish Food Composition Database (online)

italy_640ITALY
Institution: CREA
Database name: Banca Dati di Composizione degli Alimenti (online)

italy_640ITALY
Institution: IEO
Database name: Food Composition Database for Epidemiological Studies in Italy (online)

JAPAN
Institution: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
Database name: Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan -2015- (Seventh Revised Edition) (Fifth Edition online)

latvia_640LATVIA
Institution: Food Centre of Food and Veterinary Service
Database name: Latvian National Food Composition Data Base 2009

lithuania_640LITHUANIA***
Institution: NNC
Database name: EuroFIR Food Classification

netherlands_640NETHERLANDS
Institution: RIVM
Database name: NEVO (online)

NEW ZEALAND
Institution: The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited and the Ministry of Health (New Zealand)
Database name: New Zealand FOODfiles 2014 (online)

norway_640NORWAY
Institution: UiO
Database name: Norwegian Food Composition Tables (online)

poland_640POLAND
Institution: NFNI
Database name: Food Composition Tables (online)

portugal_640PORTUGAL
Institution: INSA
Database name: Tabela de Composição dos Alimentos – PortFIR/INSAA (online)

serbia_640SERBIA
Institution: IMR
Database name: Serbian Food and Nutrition Database (online)

slovakia_640SLOVAKIA
Institution: FRI
Database name: Slovak Food Composition Data Bank (online)

slovenia_640SLOVENIA
Institution: JSI & Biotechnical faculty Ljubljana
Database name: Slovenian FCDB (online)

spain_640SPAIN
Institution: UGR
Database name: Base de Datos Española de Composición de Alimentos – RedBEDCA (online)

sweden_640SWEDEN
Institution: NFA
Database name: NFA Food Composition Database (online)

switzerland_640SWITZERLAND
Institution: FSVO
Database name: Swiss Food Composition Database (online)

turkey_640TURKEY
Institution: TAGEM
Database name: Turkish Food Composition Database (online)

united_kingdom_640UNITED KINGDOM
Institution: IFR
Database name: McCance and Widdowson’s The Composition of Foods integrated dataset (online)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICAunited_states_of_america_640
Institution: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
Database name: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (online)

These FCDBs can be found online but are not available on FoodEXplorer

germany_640GERMANY
Institution: MRI
Database name: German Food Code and Nutrient Data Base (online)

germany_640GERMANY
Institution: MedPharm
Database name: Souci-Fachman-Kraut Food Composition and Nutrition Tables - (online)

greece_640GREECE
Institution: Medical School of Crete
Database name: Food Composition Tables of Greek Foods (online)