Desktop analysis and examination of six key food composition databases format.

a Food Standards Australia and New Zealand,b United States Department of Agriculture,c Food Standards Agency,d Separate databases for flavonoids, carotenoids, proanthocyanidins and isoflavones,e Eurofir EBASIS contains bioactive data for UK and Europe,f National Health Survey,ghttps://www.xyris.com.au/foodworks/fw_pro.html,hhttp://www.nutribase.com/highend.html,ihttp://www.foodresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/candat-features-1.pdf,j Tinuviel Software,i Downlees Systems,k Forestfield Software,l Kelicomp,mhttp://www.tinuvielsoftware.com/faqs.htm,nhttp://www.dietsoftware.com/canada.html,o Text file: a file that only contains text,p A file containing tables of information stored in columns and separated by tabs (can be exported into almost any spreadsheet program),q Microsoft Excel spreadsheet,r Microsoft Access Database file: is a database file with automated functions and queries,s American Standard Code for Information Interchange (a standard file type that can be used by many programs),t Database File Format (this file type can be opened with Microsoft Excel and Access),u information to create Excel or PDF available,v Composition of Foods, Australia,w International Network of Food Data System,x Users guide states food name is most descriptive & recognisable of food referencedyhttp://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science/monitoringnutrients/nutrientables/nuttab/Pages/NUTTAB-2010-electronic-database-files.aspx,zhttp://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science/monitoringnutrients/ausnut/ausnutdatafiles/Pages/default.aspx,aahttp://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list,bbhttp://tna.europarchive.org/20110116113217/http://www.food.gov.uk/science/dietarysurveys/dietsurveys/,cchttp://webprod3.hc-sc.gc.ca/cnf-fce/index-eng.jspDesktop analysis and examination of six key food composition databases format.