Publications Directory

Recipe Calculation Guideline

  • EuroFIR on Recipe Calculation for Food Business Operators
    A step-by-step Guideline for calculating nutrient content for nutrition declaration as indicated in the Regulation (EU) N° 1169/11 on the provision of food information to consumers…read more here

Food Composition Data

Kapsokefalou, M.; Roe, M.; Turrini, A.; Costa, H.S.; Martinez-Victoria, E.; Marletta, L.; Berry, R.; Finglas, P. Food Composition at Present: New Challenges. Nutrients 2019, 11, 1714

 

  • Bell S, Colombani P C, Pakkala H, Christensen T, Møller A, Finglas P M (2011) Food composition data: Identifying new uses, approaching new users. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis (Special Issue 8th International Food Data Conference), (DOI: 1016/j.jfca.2011.03.001)

EuroFIR Standard

  • Abu-Saad K, Shahar DR, Vardi H, Fraser D (2010) Importance of ethnic foods as predictors of and contributors to nutrient intake levels in a minority. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2010) 64, S88–S94. (DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.217)
  • Ireland JD, Møller A (2010) Langual food description: a learning process. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, Suppl 3, S44-48. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.209)
  • Kartinen NE, Similä ME, Pakkala H, Korhonen T, Männistö S, Valsta LM (2010) Glycaemic index values in the Finnish food composition database: an approach to standardised value documentation. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S68-72. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.214)
  • Machackova M, Holasova M, Maskova E (2010) Full value documentation in the Czech Food Composition Database. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S64-67. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.213)

Ethnic Foods

  • Abu-Saad K, Shahar DR, Vardi H, Fraser D (2010) Importance of ethnic foods as predictors of and contributors to nutrient intake levels in a minority
    European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S88-94. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.217)
  • Khokhar S, Marletta L, Shahar D R, Farre R., Ireland J D, Jansen-van der Vliet M, De Henauw S and Finglas P (2010) New food composition data on selcted ethnic foods consumed in Europe. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S82-S87. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.216)
  • Chen A., Gilbert P. and Khokhar S. (2009) Estimating the nutrient composition of South Asian foods using a recipe calculation method.  Food Chemistry, 113(3), 825-831. (DOI: 1016/j.foodchem.2008.05.063)
  • Khokhar S., Gilbert P.A., Moyle C.W.A., Carnovale E., Shahar D.R., Ngo J., Saxholt E., Ireland J., Jansen-van der Vliet M. and Bellemans M. (2009) Harmonised procedures for producing new data on the nutritional composition of ethnic foods. Food Chemistry, 113(3), 816-824. (DOI: 1016/j.foodchem.2008.06.046)
  • Buttriss JL, Benelam B (2010) Nutrition and health claims: the role of food composition data. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, Suppl 3, S8-13. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.203)
  • Kiely M, Black LJ, Plumb J, Kroon PA, Hollman PC, Larsen JC, Speijers GJ, Kapsokefalou M, Sheehan D, Gry J, Finglas P (2010) EuroFIR consortium. EuroFIR eBASIS: application for health claims submissions and evaluations. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S101-107. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.219)

Traditional Foods

  • Costa HS, Vasilopoulou E, Trichopoulou A, Finglas P (2010) Participants of EuroFIR Traditional Foods Work Package. New nutritional data on traditional foods for European food composition databases. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S73-81. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.215)
  • Trichopoulou A., Vasilopoulou E., Georga K., Soukara S. and Dilis V. (2006)Traditional foods: Why and how to sustain them. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 17(9), 498-504. (DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2006.03.005)

Bioactive Compounds Data

  • Kiely M, Black LJ, Plumb J, Kroon PA, Hollman PC, Larsen JC, Speijers GJ, Kapsokefalou M, Sheehan D, Gry J, Finglas P (2010) EuroFIR consortium. EuroFIR eBASIS: application for health claims submissions and evaluations. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S101-7. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.219)
  • Pilegaard K, Eriksen FD, Soerensen M, Gry J (2010) Information on plant foods in eBASIS: what is in a correct botanical scientific name? European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S108-111. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.220)

Data Quality

  • Becker W (2010) CEN/TC387 Food Data. Towards a CEN Standard on food data. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S49-52. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.210)
  • Oliveira LM, Castanheira IP, Dantas MA, Porto AA, Calhau MA (2010) Portuguese food composition database quality management system. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S53-57. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.211)

Training and Database Management

  • Oliveira LM, Castanheira IP, Dantas MA, Porto AA, Calhau MA (2010) Portuguese food composition database quality management system. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, Suppl 3, S53-57. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.211)
  • Pakkala H, Christensen T, de Victoria IM, Presser K, Kadvan A (2010) Harmonised information exchange between decentralised food composition database systems. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64, S58-63. (DOI: 1038/ejcn.2010.212)
  • Reinivuo H., Bell S. and Ovaskainen M.-L. (2009) Harmonisation of recipe calculation procedures in European food composition databases. Journal ofFood Composition and Analysis, 22(5), 410-413. (DOI: 1016/j.jfca.2009.04.003)
  • Hollman P.C.H., Witthöft C.M., Busstra M.C., Elburg L. and Hulshof P. (2009) Training aspects in the use and production of food composition databases. The EuroFIR experience.  Food Chemistry, 113(3), 842-845. (DOI: 1016/j.foodchem.2008.07.095)
  • Pavlovic M., Witthöft C.M., Hollman P., Hulshof P.J.M., Glibetic M., Porubska J., Pepping F. and Oshaug A. (2009) Training and capacity building in central and Eastern Europe through the EuroFIR and CEE networks.Food Chemistry, 113(3), 846-850. (DOI: 1016/j.foodchem.2008.03.069)