FAO/INFOODS Guidelines for Food Matching. Version 1.2 (2012)

Abstract

Food matching links food consumption/supply data with food composition data. As food matching procedures are critical to obtaining high quality estimations of nutrient intakes (for nutrition purposes) or of dietary exposure (for food safety purposes), INFOODS developed these guidelines for a more harmonized approach to food matching while pointing out critical steps and information in order to achieve the most appropriate food matching. These guidelines are intended to assist in selecting the m ost appropriate foods (for which compositional data are available) to match to foods reported in food consumption surveys (at individual, household, national or international level) or to food supply data (e.g. FAOSTAT, EUROSTAT). In addition, food matching is important when compiling Food Composition Tables/ Databases (FCT/FCDB) including when filling missing data form other sources. French version of this publication "Directives FAO/INFOODS sur l’appariement des aliments. Version 1.2 (2015)" is published under job number i3088