Food Composition and Dedicated Databases: Key Tools for Human Health and Public Nutrition

Durazzo, Alessandra; Lucarini, Massimo

doi:10.3390/nu13114003

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“…At the same time, it is important to have databases that include data on cooked foods, processed foods, and food preparations (recipes) [ 4 , 5 , 6 ], which are both harmonized and standardized [ 7 , 8 ]. Nowadays, it is important to evaluate the food as it is consumed.…”

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“…Over the last decade, there has been an increase in the number of studies and research on the connection between these different sectors. Specialized food databases can provide information and data for the creation of sustainable nutritional models to reduce the now growing number of chronic diseases [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ].…”

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“…Data exchange is streamlined through standardized data collection methods, promoting easier comparison. Harmonized data exchange and cross-country collaborations are enhanced when databases use a common language, fostering greater autonomy in the process [ 8 , 12 , 13 , 14 ].…”

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Development of a Database of LanguaLTM and FoodEx2 Codes of 50 Ready-to-Eat Products

Durazzo,

D’Andrea,

Gabrielli

et al. 2024

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Ready-to-eat (RTE) and ready-to-heat (RTH) dishes are food items that help save time, physical energy, and mental effort in all food-related activities. Convenience of use, variability of supply, and adaptability to different consumption occasions have led to an increase of acceptance among consumers through the years. Specialized databases can help in this context, where food composition databases can provide information and data to create sustainable nutritional models by reducing the now growing number of chronic diseases. This paper aims at developing a database of LanguaLTM and FoodEx2 codes of 50 food preparations and ready-to-eat dishes designed for consumption outside the home. LanguaLTM, as well as FoodEx2, are classification and description systems for indexing, in the sense of a systematic description, of foods based on a hierarchical model (parent–child relationship), thus facilitating the international exchange of data on food composition, consumption, assessing chronic and/or acute exposure to a certain agent, and not least the assessment of nutrient intake. The database, here presented, consists of the codes of fifty ready-to-eat products present on the market in Italy, obtained by using the two mostly commonly used and widely recognized coding systems: LanguaLTM and FoodEx2. This database represents a tool and a guideline for other compilers and users to apply coding systems to ready-to-eat products. Moreover, it can be represented a resource for several applications, such as nutritional cards, nutritional facts, food labels, or booklet and brochures for promotion of food products, to be used at health and food nutrition interface, useful for consumers, dieticians, and food producers.

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Development of a Database of LanguaLTM and FoodEx2 Codes of 50 Ready-to-Eat Products

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D’Andrea,

Gabrielli

et al. 2024

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“…An integrated and multidisciplinary approach, and the creation of a network, for the study of nutrients and bioactive compounds represent a great challenge [1,2]. The availability of harmonized composition data for foods and dietary supplements are needed in research and policy [3][4][5][6][7][8]. Current and updated models of specialized databases are fundamental tools for studying the functions and relationships between bioactive components.…”

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Update of Dietary Supplement Label Database Addressing on Coding in Italy

Perelli,

Bernini,

Lucarini

et al. 2023

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Harmonized composition data for foods and dietary supplements are needed for research and for policy decision making. For a correct assessment of dietary intake, the categorization and the classification of food products and dietary supplements are necessary. In recent decades, the marketing of dietary supplements has increased. A food supplements-based database has, as a principal feature, an intrinsic dynamism related to the continuous changes in formulations, which consequently leads to the need for constant monitoring of the market and for regular updates of the database. This study presents an update to the Dietary Supplement Label Database in Italy focused on dietary supplements coding. The updated dataset here, presented for the first time, consists of the codes of 216 dietary supplements currently on the market in Italy that have functional foods as their characterizing ingredients, throughout the two commonly most used description and classification systems: LanguaLTM and FoodEx2-. This update represents a unique tool and guideline for other compilers and users for applying classification coding systems to dietary supplements. Moreover, this updated dataset represents a valuable resource for several applications such as epidemiological investigations, exposure studies, and dietary assessment.

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“…In this context, the development of specialized databases for components with nutritional and nutraceutical properties, as well as updating food composition databases (FCDBs) and publishing other specialized datasets (e.g., plant botanicals), at national and European levels, to supply knowledge that can help reduce the burden of chronic diseases and adopt sustainable nutrition patterns, is a challenge [1][2][3][4].…”

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Food Composition Data and Tools Online and Their Use in Research and Policy: EuroFIR AISBL Contribution in 2022

Durazzo¹,

Astley

Kapsokefalou

et al. 2022

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Food, nutrition, and health are linked, and detailed knowledge of nutrient compositions and bioactive characteristics is needed to understand these relationships. Additionally, increasingly these data are required by database systems and applications. This communication aims to describe the contribution to databases and nutrition fields as well as the activities of EuroFIR AISBL; this member-based, non-profit association was founded to ensure sustained advocacy for food information in Europe and facilitate improved data quality, storage, and access as well as encouraging wider exploitation of food composition data for both research and commercial purposes. In addition to the description of its role and main objectives, a snapshot of EuroFIR AISBL’s activities over the years is also given using a quantitative research literature analysis approach. The focus of this communication is to provide descriptions and updates of EuroFIR’s online tools, i.e., FoodEXplorer, eBASIS, and PlantLIBRA, by highlighting the main uses and applications. Integrating food-related infrastructures and databases, following standardized and harmonized approaches, and considering interoperability and metrological principles are significant challenges. Ongoing activities and future plans of EuroFIR AISBL are highlighted, including, for instance, work within the Food Nutrition Security Cloud (FNS-Cloud) to make food, nutrition, and (food) security data more findable, accessible, interoperable, and ultimately reusable.

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Food Composition and Dedicated Databases: Key Tools for Human Health and Public Nutrition

Abstract: To better understand nutrition, food chemistry, and medicine, it is important to investigate biologically active constituents, which requires a detailed knowledge and coverage of the composition of compounds of nutritional and nutraceutical character [...]

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

Development of a Database of LanguaLTM and FoodEx2 Codes of 50 Ready-to-Eat Products

Development of a Database of LanguaLTM and FoodEx2 Codes of 50 Ready-to-Eat Products

Update of Dietary Supplement Label Database Addressing on Coding in Italy

Food Composition Data and Tools Online and Their Use in Research and Policy: EuroFIR AISBL Contribution in 2022

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