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The USDA Global Branded Food Products Database (BFPDB) provided by the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) is updated monthly. BFPDB no longer receives new and/or updated food component information from Label Insight after November 16, 2023. All food component information provided by Label Insight prior to and on this date will remain in the USDA Global Branded Food Products Database.
View the About Us page for essential information about FoodData Central data types and how to use this system.
FoodData Central is managed by the Agricultural Research Service's Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center and hosted by the National Agricultural Library.
Licensing
USDA FoodData Central data are in the public domain and they are not copyrighted. They are published under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
No permission is needed for their use, but we request that users list FoodData Central as the source of the data, and when possible, notify us of the product that uses the data so we may better track how FDC is being used in the public domain. The suggested citation is:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center. FoodData Central. [Internet]. [cited (enter date)]. Available from https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/.
