| Aggregated from contributing food = items | |
| FTC: | G |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Used for the Selected Value when this is based on an aggregation = of=20 the values for contributing foods. |
| AI: | If, as is generally the case, the aggregation applies to all = values=20 for a food, further information on the contributing foods should = appear in=20 the Food table, e.g. in the Remarks field. Otherwise the = information=20 should be reported in the Remarks field of the Value record. = Aggregated=20 foods (e,g, on market shares or consumption data) is just another = form of=20 "recipe", and this will be reflected in the Method Indicator. = Information=20 about the contributing foods could appear in a recipe ingredient=20 (contributing foods) entity. |
| Aggregation of contributing analytical = results | |
| FTC: | D |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for Selected Value derived as an aggregation of evaluated=20 analytical contributing results (e.g. from different sources or = different=20 food samples). |
| AI: | See Method Indicator code and Keystep fields for further method=20 information. If contributing values are documented, separate sets = of=20 method and reference information should be reported for each value = contributing to the aggregation. |
| Analytical result(s) | |
| FTC: | A |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for Selected Value based on an analytical result or = statistic of=20 multiple measurements of the same food sample (replicates). See = Method=20 Indicator code and Keystep fields for further method information. = =91A=92 can=20 be used regardless if the value derives from the same or different = statistical distributions. |
| Analytical, generic | |
| FTC: | AG |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for values that are known to be analytical, but no further=20 information on the nature of analysis is available, whether the = value=20 derives from the same or different statistical distributions.=20 |
| Calculated as recipe | |
| FTC: | R |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Used for Selected Values obtained by calculation - e.g. recipe=20 calculation - from ingredients (or a single-ingredient = raw-to-cooked=20 calculations including Toast from Bread). |
| AI: | Further information should normally be reported through food=20 description in the Recipe and Ingredient=20 information. |
| Calculated from related food | |
| FTC: | K |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for a value obtained by a specific calculation, rather than=20 imputation, performed on a related food, e.g. calculating the = values for a=20 food 'weighed with waste'. For single-ingredient raw-to-cooked=20 calculations, including cases such as Toast from Bread, use Method = Type=20 "R". AI: If the imputation applies to all values for a food, = further=20 information should appear in the Food table, e.g. in the Remarks = field.=20 Otherwise the information should be reported in the Remarks field = of the=20 Value record. |
| Calculated on component profile | |
| FTC: | P |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Calculation of the Selected Value for one or more component = values on=20 the basis of an associated component and the profile of the = component in a=20 related food (or, in some cases such as fatty acids in milk, the = same=20 food). |
| AI: | Examples include fatty acid and amino acid profile calculations. = The=20 related food should be identified in the documentation, e.g. in = the=20 Remarks field for the calculated value. = |
| calculated, generic | |
| FTC: | CG |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for values that are known to be calculated, but no further=20 information on the nature of calculation is available.=20 |
| Calculations including conversion = factors | |
| FTC: | T |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for the Selected Value when this is the result of the = addition of=20 values for contributing components after the application of = activity=20 factors, for example, calculation of energy, protein and vitamin=20 activities. Further information should be reported using the = appropriate=20 Method Indicator code. |
| Estimated according to logical = deduction | |
| FTC: | U |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for e.g. Edible proportion for milk of 100% as well as with = Value=20 Type LZ |
| AI: | Added by EPIC. |
| Estimated according to regulatory = requirements | |
| FTC: | L |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use when a value has been assigned only according to regulatory=20 requirements, e.g. a certain fat level in milk, fat in butter or=20 mayonnaise, etc. Do not use this Method Type, if the value is = analytical,=20 calculated or estimated in any other way. |
| AI: | L stands for legislation. |
| Imputed/estimated from other food and = other=20 related component | |
| FTC: | O |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use with extreme care. This descriptor is very weak and should = only be=20 used if either *imputed/estimated, generic [IG]* or = *Imputed/estimated=20 from related food [I]* do not apply. |
| Imputed/estimated from related food | |
| FTC: | I |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for a value imputed, estimated or copied from the value for = a=20 related food, including similar foods reported in other FCT = sources.=20 Further information identifying the related food should appear in = the=20 Remarks field of the Value record or in the Food table if many = values for=20 the food have been imputed from the same related food..=20 |
| imputed/estimated, generic | |
| FTC: | IG |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for values that are known to be imputed, but no further=20 information on the nature of imputation is available.=20 |
| Method type not known | |
| FTC: | X |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use when the method type for the given value is not known, i.e. = no=20 method information is available. |
| Other method type | |
| FTC: | E |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Other Method Type not defined in this thesaurus. Use of this = term=20 should be avoided, if used only with great caution. See also = Additional=20 Information. |
| AI: | E =3D else. Except for its use specified in a EuroFIR thesaurus = or=20 guidelines, please inform the maintainer of this thesaurus of the=20 circumstances requiring the use of E in case a new Method Type = should be=20 defined. |
| Summation from constituent = components | |
| FTC: | S |
| BT: | EuroFIR Method Type Thesaurus [00000] |
| SN: | Use for the Selected Value when this is the result of the simple = addition or subtraction of values for related components. Further=20 information should be reported using the appropriate Method = Indicator=20 code. Note that this descriptor includes subtractions, e.g. = calculation of=20 total carbohydrates by difference. = |