Agricultural Research Service Launches Plant Nutrient Database (Sorta)

The Agricultural Research Service has launched a plant nutrient database containing information on phytonutrients in 206 different foods. It's available at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/PA/PA.html .

I put the sorta in the headline because it's not really a database - you can't do lookups. Instead, it's a PDF file. If you download the PDF file you'll get several pages of information on phytonutrients and then a table of the presence of phytonutrients in foods, from alcoholic beverages to wine. (There are other items listed here, including breads, fruits, and coffee.)

If you want to work with the data, you have the option to download the information in a MS Access database. Look for the link at the bottom of the page.

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