DTN102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Food Composition Data, Data Hub, Standards Australia
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Food composition data - why do we use it: food composition databases and the figures they report are used by professionals to estimate the proportion of macro and micronutrients within individual foods and to assess overall diets. These figures have been criticised as food composition may be altered by season, rate of growth or the quality of soil. These figures provided within food composition databases provide a very accurate estimate. Australian food composition program: food standards australia and new zealand (fsanz) is home to the australian food composition. Nuttab and ausnut: fsanz publishes two types of food composition databases: nuttab and ausnut, nuttab abbreviation for nutrient tables, ausnut abbreviation for australian food and nutrient database. Community services and health (acdcsh) in 1989: updated databases published as new or revised analytical data became available, by: Australia new zealand food authority in 1995 and.
