{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "accrualPeriodicity": "irregular", "bureauCode": ["005:18"], "contactPoint": {"fn": "Ahuja, Jaspreet", "hasEmail": "mailto:jaspreet.ahuja@ars.usda.gov"}, "description": "<p>The Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in collaboration with other government agencies has a program to track changes in the sodium content of commercially processed and restaurant foods. This monitoring program includes these activities: </p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tracking sodium levels of ~125 popular foods, called \"<a href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/Docs.htm?docid=22872 \">Sentinel Foods</a>,\" by periodically sampling them at stores and restaurants around the country, followed by laboratory analyses.</li>\n<li>Tracking levels of \"related\" nutrients that could change when manufacturers reformulate their foods to reduce sodium; these related nutrients are potassium, total and saturated fat, total dietary fiber, and total sugar.</li>\n<li>Sharing the results of these monitoring activities to the public periodically in the <a href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Sodium/Copy of SodiumMonitoringDatasetUpdatedJuly2616.xlsx\">Sodium Monitoring Dataset</a> and <a href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964\">USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference</a> and once every two years in the <a href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=12068\">Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The Sodium Monitoring Dataset is downloadable in Excel spreadsheet format. </p><div><br>Resources in this dataset:</div><br><ul><li><p>Resource Title: Data Dictionary.</p> <p>File Name: SodiumMonitoringDataset_datadictionary.csv</p><p>Resource Description: Defines variables, descriptions, data types, character length, etc. for each of the spreadsheets in this Excel data file: Sentinel Foods - Baseline; Priority-2 Foods - Baseline; Sentinel Foods - Monitoring; Priority-2 Foods - Monitoring.</p></li><br><li><p>Resource Title: Sodium Monitoring Dataset (MS Excel download).</p> <p>File Name: SodiumMonitoringDatasetUpdatedJuly2616.xlsx</p><p>Resource Description: Microsoft Excel : Sentinel Foods - Baseline; Priority-2 Foods - Baseline; Sentinel Foods - Monitoring; Priority Foods - Monitoring.</p></li></ul><p></p>", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/43633617", "format": "xlsx", "mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet", "title": "SodiumMonitoringDatasetUpdatedJuly2616.xlsx"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/43633620", "format": "csv", "mediaType": "text/plain", "title": "SodiumMonitoringDataset_datadictionary.csv"}], "identifier": "10.15482/USDA.ADC/1529217", "keyword": ["ARS", "NP107", "data.gov", "food composition", "food consumption"], "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/", "modified": "2023-12-14", "programCode": ["005:040"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "Agricultural Research Service"}, "title": "Sodium Monitoring Dataset"}