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    • USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release

    Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

    [Note: Integrated as part of FoodData Central, April 2019.] The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) is the major source of food composition data in the United States and provides the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors. This is the last release of the database in its current format. SR-Legacy will continue its preeminent role as a stand-alone food composition resource and will be available in the new modernized system currently under development. SR-Legacy contains data on 7,793 food items and up to 150 food components that were reported in SR28 (2015), with selected corrections and updates. This release supersedes all previous releases. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release. File Name: SR-Leg_DB.zipResource Description: Locally stored copy - The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference as a relational database using AcessResource Title: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release. File Name: SR-Leg_ASC.zipResource Description: ASCII files containing the data of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release.Resource Title: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release. File Name: SR-Leg_ASC.zipResource Description: Locally stored copy - ASCII files containing the data of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
    Publisher Agricultural Research Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1529216
    Data Last Modified 2023-12-14
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Food Resilience","Food Safety and Nutrition"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:18
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    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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    Program Code 005:040
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    Temporal 2015-01-01/2019-04-30

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