A tool to estimate food intake – individual/group. The food Composition Table for the USA has been published in 1981: Food Science and Technology Assignment, UMS, Malaysia

• A tool to estimate food intake – individual/group
• The food Composition Table for the USA has been published in 1981 as
  * USDA Home and Garden Bulletin No. 72, Nutritive Value of Food
• Nutritional value is presented as
  * 100 g edible portion (EP)
  * as purchase, AP @ household measurement in gram
  * Eg 1 teaspoon of flour = 8 g
• Started in 1980.
• First phase
  * Definition of procedures used
  * 1st draft in 1982.
• Second phase
  * Analysis and gathering of data by
• IMR, MARDI, UPM, UKM
• Supported by ASEAN -Australian Economic Cooperation Programme (AAECP)
• 2nd draft 1985
• Third phase
  * ended in 1989
  * Continuity of 2nd phase
  * Additional information

Variation in the Food Composition Data

• The difference in the way/method food is being prepared
• The difference in climate/season
• Biological differences – variability between the same type of sample
• The difference in the determination method
•  The difference in the methods of calculation

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