Deharveng G, Charrondière U R, Slimani N, Southgate D A, Riboli E
International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 1999 Jan;53(1):60-79. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600677.
Food composition tables were studied from nine European countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. They were compared from the point view of availability, definition, analytical methods, and mode of expression of the nutrients of interest for EPIC, and it was seen that most of the nutrients in the tables are analysed and expressed in a compatible way. For some nutrients, however, common methods and definitions (folate, dietary fibre), or modes of expression (energy, protein, carbohydrates, carotenes, vitamin A and E) have not yet been agreed upon, so values are not comparable. For vitamin C a wide range of values are found due to the high natural variation in foods. For compiled tables, an additional problem is the use of several sources which may mean that the nutritional values are not comparable within the same table; and these values cannot be converted if the source is not stated. In addition, some tables were compiled using food composition values produced over 20 years ago with outdated analytical methods. In view of the inconsistent values for some nutrients and due to the large amount of foods reported within EPIC, it was concluded that standardised food composition tables have to be developed for the nine European countries involved in EPIC in order to provide comparable nutrient intake data.
对参与欧洲癌症与营养前瞻性调查（EPIC）的九个欧洲国家的食物成分表进行了研究，这九个国家分别是：丹麦、法国、德国、希腊、英国、意大利、荷兰、西班牙和瑞典。从EPIC关注的营养素的可获取性、定义、分析方法和表达方式的角度对这些食物成分表进行了比较，结果发现表中的大多数营养素是以兼容的方式进行分析和表述的。然而，对于某些营养素，尚未就通用的方法和定义（叶酸、膳食纤维）或表达方式（能量、蛋白质、碳水化合物、胡萝卜素、维生素A和E）达成一致，因此数值无法进行比较。由于食物中维生素C的天然变异很大，所以其数值范围很广。对于汇编的食物成分表，另一个问题是使用了多个来源，这可能意味着同一表格内的营养价值不可比；而且如果未注明来源，这些数值就无法进行转换。此外，一些食物成分表是使用20多年前用过时的分析方法得出的食物成分值汇编而成的。鉴于某些营养素的数值不一致，且考虑到EPIC中报告的食物种类繁多，得出的结论是，必须为参与EPIC的九个欧洲国家制定标准化的食物成分表，以便提供可比的营养素摄入量数据。
