USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) US Department of Agriculture; National Agricultural Library

Version:  View help for Version V1

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SR-Leg_ASC.zip application/zip 5.5 MB 06/26/2026 11:34:AM
SR-Leg_DB.zip application/zip 25.2 MB 06/26/2026 11:35:AM
adc_metadata.json application/json 26.5 KB 06/26/2026 04:10:PM
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Project Citation: 

US Department of Agriculture, and National Agricultural Library. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-06-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E250304V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release
Summary:  View help for Summary [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 Acess

Resource Title: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release.

File Name: SR-Leg_DB.zip

Resource Description: Locally stored copy - The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference as a relational database using Acess

Resource 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.zip

Resource 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.

Resource Title: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release.

File Name: SR-Leg_ASC.zip

Resource Description: Locally stored copy - ASCII files containing the data of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov/articles/dataset/USDA_National_Nutrient_Database_for_Standard_Reference_Legacy_Release/24661818

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms NP107; nutrition; food; food composition; Online database; data.gov; ARS
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2015 – 4/30/2019
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes DOI: 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1529216 Citation: Haytowitz, David B.; Ahuja, Jaspreet K.C.; Wu, Xianli; Somanchi, Meena; Nickle, Melissa; Nguyen, Quyen A.; Roseland, Janet M.; Williams, Juhi R.; Patterson, Kristine Y.; Li, Ying; Pehrsson, Pamela R. (2019). USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy Release. Nutrient Data Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, ARS, USDA. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1529216 (Downloaded 2026-06-26)


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