Appendix
Data Source
..: Product Database
It is data from the follwing sources:
- Canadian Nutrient File (CNF) 2015
- National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (USDA), Release 28
- French Food Composition Table (France) Ciqual 2013
- Tanzania Food Composition Tables 2008
- WorldFood2 (Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico et Senegal) 1996
- Industrial ingredients Database
- Personal Data added by user
See also: Appendix-Reference
..: Table of Nutrient Retention Factors
It is the database from USDA Table of Nutrient Retention Factors Release 6 (2007).
..: Standards, RDI and DRI
It is data from the following sources:
- Health Canada (2010) (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/reference/index-eng.php/)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-FNIC (2010) (http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/dietary-guidance/dietary-reference-intakes/)
- World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2004) (http://www.who.int/nutrition/en/)
DRI (Recommended Daily Intake) are used for nutrion labelling, while DRI (Dietary Reference Intakes) are used for dietary evaluation.
..: Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fatty Acids
Omega3 fatty acids in the software correspond to those values from databases:
- 18:3 n3 ccc (code 851)
- 20:3 n3 (code 852)
- 20:5 n3_EPA (code 629)
- 22:5 n3_DPA (code 631)
- 22:6 n3_DHA (code 621)
Omega6 fatty acids in the software correspond to those values from databases:
- 18:2 n6 cc (code 675)
- 18:3 n6 ccc (code 685)
- 20:2 n6 cc (code 672)
- 20:3 n6 (code 853)
- 20:4 n6 (code 855)
- 22:4 n6 (code 858)
..: Sugar Alcohols
Sugar alcohols include isomalt, lactitol, maltitol, maltitol syrup, mannitol, sorbitol, sorbitol syrup, xylitol and erythritol. Declarations of sugar alcohol content should not include the amount of water present in maltitol syrup and sorbitol syrup.