DIETImpact - Nutritional composition database of model meals

The integration of food composition data to explain, in vitro, the impact of diet on health, requires a precise knowledge of nutrients composition of complex meals. This database supported the project <strong>DIETimpact</strong> (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030322-PTDC/SAUNUT/30322/2017). Six meals were prepared: a <strong>Western Diet model</strong> <strong>– WD</strong> (fatty beef, French fries and soft drink containing sugar), and other five meals obtained by replacement of: fatty beef by <strong>mackerel (M-mackerel)</strong> or by <strong>chickpeas (M-chickpeas)</strong>; fatty beef and French fries by lean beef drizzled with olive oil and potatoes fried in <strong>olive oil (M-olive)</strong>; half of French fries amount by <strong>broccoli (M-broccoli)</strong>; soft drink containing sugar by <strong>strawberry juice (M-strawberry)</strong>. All the meal models were prepared without salt addition and mimicking household cooking practices. <strong>Macro</strong> and <strong>micronutrientes</strong> composition, making a total of <strong>88 compounds</strong>, was analyzed by official methods and by different chromatographic and spectrophotometric techniques.