Showing posts with label nutrients. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nutrients. Show all posts

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Nutrition information at your fingertips

Not everything we eat comes in a package conveniently printed with a Nutrition Facts panel. Enter the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Nutrient Database. Type in a key word, or two, for the food item you are interested in, to get basic nutrient data for that food item (think calorie, carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamin & mineral content, etc.). The database includes nutrient information for raw foods, packaged foods, baby foods and even fast foods. Test it out for yourself!

USDA Nutrient Database