September 10, 2003
NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS
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Today's Topic: Online Food Analysis

A very nice Web site that can give you detailed information on the
nutrients in your favorite foods, including many brand names, is
http://www.NutritionData.com.  This site provides detailed listings of
calories from fat, protein, carbohydrates, types of carbohydrates,
amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and specific fatty acids.

You can get a list of foods that are good sources of magnesium, for
example.  The site shows nutrition facts labels for foods and tells
you about "the good" and "the bad" along with a rating scale of
1 to 5 stars.

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: NutritionData.com is more user
friendly that the USDA nutrient database and contains even more
values.  Be aware that there are missing values for many individual
nutrients; this does not mean the value is zero.  This is typical of
all databases.  You can also find an extensive list of food additives
by chemical name and what they are used for.  You can save and email
analyses for foods or create a recipe for analysis.  A very nice site!