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These books can be ordered from the Nutritional Intervention Research Unit of the Medical Research Council. Prices are inclusive of VAT.
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Title: Condensed Food Composition Tables for South Africa
Authors: Wolmarans P, Danster N, Dalton A, Rossouw K, Schönfeldt H.
Format: Soft cover
Price: R 300.00
Delivery time: 2-3 weeks (orders placed from outside SA will take longer)
Publication date: 2010
ISBN: 1-919809-63-5
Description: This book combines information from the 1991 Food Composition Tables, as well as the updated information from the two supplements, namely Composition of South African Foods: Vegetables and Fruit and Composition of South African Foods: Milk & Milk products, Eggs, Meat & Meat products. New information on fortified maize meal, white and brown bread flour as well as fortified white and brown bread has been added to this edition. The Condensed Food Composition Tables report on the energy, macronutrients (protein, carbohydrate, fats and protein), vitamin and mineral contents of 1472 food items.
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Title: Composition of South African Foods: Milk & milk products, Eggs, Meat & meat products
Authors: Sayed N, Frans Y, Schönfeldt H.
Format: Soft cover
Price: R110
Delivery time: 2-3 weeks (orders placed from outside SA will take longer)
Publication date: 1999
ISBN: 1-919809-07-4
Description: This publication incorporates the new South African data on egg, beef, chicken, ostrich, veal, crocodile, milk, milk products, cheese and yoghurt. Information on a total of 274 foods and 93 nutrients (macronutrients, minerals, vitamins, amino acids and fatty acids) is included. Forty four percent of the data from the milk group, 64% of the data from the egg group and 40% from the meat group are of South African origin.
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Title: Composition of South African Foods: Vegetables and Fruit
Authors: Kruger M, Sayed N, Langenhoven M, Holing F. Format: Soft cover
Price: R110
Delivery time: 2-3 weeks (orders placed from outside SA will take longer)
Publication date: 1998
ISBN: 1-874826-75-7
Description: This book provides nutrient data for 312 vegetable foods and 143 fruits. The vegetable group includes data on many foods used as vegetables in South Africa: raw; boiled; frozen raw and boiled; dehydrated raw and boiled; and canned; as well as for commonly consumed vegetable dishes. It encompasses data on many traditional and indigenous South African vegetable foods and dishes. The fruit group includes data on a large variety of raw fruit (including indigenous fruit), fresh fruit juices, dried, canned and cooked fruit. Raw fruits were analysed with skin, if not otherwise specified.
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Title: Fatty acid and Amino acid Composition Tables. Supplement to the MRC Food Composition Tables
Authors: Kruger M, Langenhoven M, Faber M.
Format: Soft cover
Price: R90
Delivery time: 2-3 weeks (orders placed from outside SA will take longer)
Publication date: 1991
ISBN: 1-874826-15-3
Description: This supplement to the 1991 MRC Food Composition Tables, provides information on the fatty acid and amino acid composition of foods listed in the 1991 Tables. Fatty acids included in the supplement are C4:0 to C22:6. Information on the eight essential amino acids plus arginine and histidine is provided. The energy, macronutrient and cholesterol values are also available. Trans fatty acid content of foods is included in the tables where information was available.
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MRC Food Quantities Manual. Second Edition Title: MRC Food Quantities Manual. Second Edition
Authors: Langenhoven M, Conradie PJ, Wolmarans P, Faber M.
Format: Soft cover
Price: R90
Delivery time: 2-3 weeks (orders placed from outside SA will take longer)
Publication date: 1991
ISBN: 1-874826-11-0
Description: This manual provides information on the weights of foods, measured with household utensils, e.g., cups and spoons. Weights for different dimensions of food are also available in the manual, e.g., an apple with a diameter of 70 mm or a slice of bread with dimensions of 93 X 93 x 10 mm.
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Dietary analysis software programs
The program can be ordered from the Nutritional Intervention Research Unit of the Medical Research Council.
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FOODFINDER3

What is it?
FoodFinder3 for Windows is a software program specially developed for South Africans who are interested in the analysis of the food intake of individuals or groups of individuals.

What does FoodFinder3 include?
FoodFinder includes the South African Food Composition Database (SAFOOD), i.e. the update on fruit and vegetables (1998) and the update on beef, milk and eggs (1999/2000) in addition to the information in the 1991 Food Composition Tables.

The information on food quantities in the MRC Food Quantities Manual Second Edition (1991) has been included to simplify the entering of quantities of food eaten by individuals.

What can FoodFinder3 do?
A lookup function is available to view the nutrient content of more than 1000 food items.

Information on dietary intake can be entered either as food items or as food codes.

The energy and nutrient content of personal recipes can be calculated and added to the database for own use.

The energy and nutrient intake of an individual or a group of individuals can be calculated for a specific meal time, a specific day, or for several days.

Information can be edited, viewed or deleted.

Information entered into FoodFinder can be exported to other programs, such as Microsoft Excel, for further analysis of the data.

Printouts of the information can be made.

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