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Promotes the science of food composition and encourages responsible use of nutrient composition data

Food Composition

Explore our database. 5 nutrients freely available: energy, carbohydrate, protein, fat and fibre

FoodFinder

Analyze food intake as meals or load recipes to view nutrient profile per individual or group

Statistical Support

Need assistance with large nutrition studies? Connect with our in-house expert nutrition biostatistician

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Learn more about using SAFOODS products for Labelling

D-Genus Working Group

Experts in nutrition, physicochemical analysis, and related research arenas

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Food Composition Tables and Food Quantities Manual for South Africa

News and Events

Latest news and upcoming Events/Conferences

DIASA mobile application

Introducing our new APP - Dietary Intake Assessment Application for South Africa, to ease your research burden with seamless coding and export for statistical analysis. We are excited to announce the very first of its kind in South Africa, an automated APP which can collect dietary intake data by means of multi-pass 24hr recall methodology. Currently undergoing validation testing phase, to be available soon.

New database released: 2023 version

We are excited to announce a new updated database released within our FoodFinder web-based program. Simply log into your user account to explore the newer database version v2023-05-11. Highlights of release 2023 include changes to sodium values for South African sourced food items affected by Regulations R.214 of 2013 and all amendments up to and including Nr.812 of 2019. Foods not available on market, now identified, with Product discontinued details in food item name. Total number of foods in database version: 1857

South African Food Composition Database

Search the Database to look up the Energy, Carbohydrate, Protein, Lipids and Fibre composition of foods.

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