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FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Database for Biodiversity Version 2.1 - BioFoodComp2.1

Year of publication 2013

Author Charrondiere R.; Stadlmayr, B.; Rittenschober, D.; Nowak, V.; Nilsson, E.; Burlingame, B.;Nutrition Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9789251081112

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Database for Biodiversity (BioFoodComp) is the first global repository of solely analytical data on food biodiversity and represents the equivalent of an archival database, which means that no values have been calculated or estimated to complete the compositional profile for a food entry. The included data need to meet the criteria for biodiverse foods and a minimum of predefined quality criteria.Since 2010, compositional data for 6492 foods and 466 compo nents were collected and compiled into the BioFoodComp mainly by FAO interns, volunteers and consultants. The compositional data are exclusively analytical data from primary sources, e.g. as published in the scientific literature, reports or dissertations, or as received from the INFOODS network.The database is an archival collection of available analytical data of sufficient quality. It holds data of different edible parts of the same plant/animal food; different maturity stages; raw and processed food (cooked, preserved), but no recipes (composite foods).

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