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
AUSTRALIA
Institution: Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Database name: Australian Food Composition Database (online)
AUSTRIA
Institution: UVI
Database name: OENWT Österreichische Nährwerttabelle (online)
BELGIUM
Institution: Nubel
Database name: NIMS (online)
BULGARIA***
Institution: NCH
Database name: FCTBL_BG (Food Composition Tables - Bulgaria)
CANADA
Institution: Government of Canada
Database name: Canadian Nutrient Files (online)
CZECH REPUBLIC
Institution: Czech Food Composition Database
Database name: Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information & Food Research Institute (online)
DENMARK
Institution: DTU
Database name: Danish Food Composition Databank (online)
ESTONIA
Institution: National Institute for Health Development
Database name: Nutridata
FINLAND
Institution: THL
Database name: Fineli (online)
FRANCE
Institution: ANSES
Database name: CIQUAL French food composition table (online)
GREECE***
Institution: HHF
Database name: Composition tables of foods and Greek dishes (online)
GREECE***
Institution: AUA
Database name: HelTH (online)
ICELAND
Institution: MATIS
Database name: ISGEM (The Icelandic Food Composition Database) (online)
IRAQ***
Institution: Iraqi, Ministry of Health
Database name: Food Composition Table for Iraq
IRAN***
Institution: National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute
Database name: Iranian Food Composition Table 2017
IRELAND***
Institution: UCC
Database name: Irish Food Composition Database (online)
ITALY
Institution: CREA
Database name: Banca Dati di Composizione degli Alimenti (online)
ITALY
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)
KUWAIT***
Institution: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
Database name: Kuwaiti food composition tables (Composite dishes)
LATVIA
Institution: Food Centre of Food and Veterinary Service
Database name: Latvian National Food Composition Data Base 2009
LITHUANIA***
Institution: NNC
Database name: EuroFIR Food Classification
ΜOROCCO***
Institution: Human Nutrition Research Unit Hassan University
Database name: Moroccan Fast Foods and Traditional Recipes. 2018
NETHERLANDS
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
Institution: Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA)
Database name: Norwegian Food Composition Database/Matvaretabellen
PAKISTAN***
Institution: Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Database name: Pakistan Food Composition
POLAND
Institution: NFNI
Database name: Food Composition Tables (online)
PORTUGAL
Institution: INSA
Database name: Tabela de Composição dos Alimentos – PortFIR/INSAA (online)
SERBIA
Institution: IMR
Database name: Serbian Food and Nutrition Database (online)
SLOVAKIA
Institution: FRI
Database name: Slovak Food Composition Data Bank (online)
SLOVENIA
Institution: JSI & Biotechnical faculty Ljubljana
Database name: Slovenian FCDB (online)
SOUTH AFRICA***
Institution: University of Pretoria
Database name: South African dataset (Schönfeldt & Pretorius)
SPAIN
Institution: UGR
Database name: Base de Datos Española de Composición de Alimentos – RedBEDCA (online)
SWEDEN
Institution: NFA
Database name: NFA Food Composition Database (online)
SWITZERLAND
Institution: FSVO
Database name: Swiss Food Composition Database (online)
TUNISIA***
Institution: Tunisian FCDB
Database name: Tunisian FCDB
TURKEY
Institution: TAGEM
Database name: Turkish Food Composition Database (online)
UNITED KINGDOM
Institution: IFR
Database name: McCance and Widdowson’s The Composition of Foods integrated dataset (online)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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
Institution: MRI
Database name: German Food Code and Nutrient Data Base (online)
GERMANY
Institution: MedPharm
Database name: Souci-Fachman-Kraut Food Composition and Nutrition Tables - (online)
GREECE
Institution: Medical School of Crete
Database name: Food Composition Tables of Greek Foods (online)