Fukagawa Naomi K, McKillop Kyle, Pehrsson Pamela R, Moshfegh Alanna, Harnly James, Finley John
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD, USA.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Mar 4;115(3):619-624. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab397.
FoodData Central (FDC) is the center of the USDA-based food-composition information web. It is an integrated data system that presently provides-in 1 place-5 distinct types of data containing information on food and nutrient profiles. Each data type has a unique purpose. Two of the data types-Foundation Foods (FF) and Experimental Foods (EF)-represent "a bridge to the future" in food and nutrient composition. They provide data and metadata that have never previously been available from a database. The other 3 data types are well established and familiar to many users: Standard Reference (SR) Legacy, Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS), and Global Branded Foods Products Database (GBFPD). After >100 y of maintaining food-composition data within the USDA, it was clear that change was needed to respond to the rapid increase in the number and variety of foods in the food supply, evolution of analytical approaches, and new agricultural practices and products. FDC is USDA's answer to the challenge of providing reliable, web-based, transparent, and easily accessible information about the nutrients and other components of foods to meet the increasingly diverse needs of many audiences, including public health professionals, agricultural and environmental researchers, policy makers, nutrition professionals, health care providers, product developers, and the public at large.
食品数据中心（FDC）是美国农业部食品成分信息网络的核心。它是一个集成数据系统，目前在一个地方提供5种不同类型的数据，包含食品和营养成分信息。每种数据类型都有其独特用途。其中两种数据类型——基础食品（FF）和实验性食品（EF）——代表了食品和营养成分领域“通向未来的桥梁”。它们提供了以前数据库中从未有过的数据和元数据。另外3种数据类型为许多用户所熟知且已确立：标准参考（SR）旧版、膳食研究食品和营养数据库（FNDDS）以及全球品牌食品产品数据库（GBFPD）。在美国农业部维护食品成分数据100多年后，很明显需要做出改变，以应对食品供应中食品数量和种类的迅速增加、分析方法的演变以及新的农业实践和产品。FDC是美国农业部应对以下挑战的解决方案：提供可靠的、基于网络的、透明且易于获取的有关食品营养及其他成分的信息，以满足包括公共卫生专业人员、农业和环境研究人员、政策制定者、营养专业人员、医疗保健提供者、产品开发者以及广大公众在内的众多受众日益多样化的需求。
