Acknowledgments
Vnutri's food catalog is built from open food composition databases and academic literature. Final values are derived through aggregation across multiple sources and may differ from any individual source. Thanks to the institutions and researchers maintaining this public knowledge.
Nutrition data
USDA FoodData Central
Foundation Foods, SR Legacy and FNDDS databases from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The primary source of macronutrient and micronutrient values.
Public Domain (U.S. Government work)USDA Choline Database
USDA database of choline content in common foods.
Public Domain (U.S. Government work)Canadian Nutrient File
Health Canada's reference database of nutrient values for foods available in Canada.
Open Government Licence – CanadaANSES Ciqual
French food composition table, from the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety.
Open License (Etalab) / ANSES CiqualUK CoFID
UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset, from Public Health England.
Open Government Licence v3.0Matvaretabellen
Norwegian food composition database, from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and the University of Oslo.
Norwegian Food Safety Authority termsFrida
Danish food composition database from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.
DTU Food Institute termsAFCD
Australian Food Composition Database, from Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)Multilingual food names
Open Food Facts
Open, collaborative database of food products from around the world. We pull product names, ingredients taxonomy, and translations from it.
Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0Wikidata
Multilingual labels. We use them as a fallback when translations are missing from Open Food Facts.
Creative Commons Zero (CC0)Glycemic Index
Glycemic Index values are derived through systematic aggregation across the academic publications below. We use them as one of several input sources for our derived database; we do not reproduce these tables.
Atkinson FS, Brand-Miller JC, Foster-Powell K, Buyken AE, Goletzke J. 2021
International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review
Am J Clin Nutr 114(5):1625–1632 · PMID 34258626
Atkinson FS, Foster-Powell K, Brand-Miller JC. 2008
International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values: 2008
Diabetes Care 31(12):2281–2283 · PMID 18835944
Foster-Powell K, Holt SHA, Brand-Miller JC. 2002
International table of glycemic index and glycemic load values: 2002
Am J Clin Nutr 76(1):5–56 · PMID 12081815
Tools
Anthropic Claude
Product names, descriptions, dietary classifications, image prompts and ingredient lists are curated with AI assistance from Anthropic's Claude.
Anthropic Usage PoliciesBlack Forest Labs Flux 2 Pro
Product imagery is generated using Black Forest Labs' Flux 2 Pro model, accessed via Replicate.
Replicate terms of serviceGoogle Cloud Translation
Final pass for translations that need gender/number agreement or scientific-name cleanup.
Google Cloud terms of serviceDisclaimer
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