Welcome to the Food Composition Database for Epidemiological Studies in Italy (Banca Dati di Composizione degli Alimenti per Studi Epidemiologici in Italia – BDA). On this website you will find:
- the list of food that can be consulted on-line (n = 978);
- energy calculated including also fibre;
- a flexible system to search data by food name, by food code, by food component, by food category;
- the documentation concerning the food components;
- an extensive list of references;
- a review of works due to the BDA.
The food items included into the database are characterized by a symbol:
The BDA working group:
- is a member of the international non-profit association EuroFIR AISBL (Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif), that originates from the European project EuroFIR (European Food Information Resource), a network of excellence focusing on food information resources.
- coordinates NUTRIRETE.lab, a network to collect food composition data, produced by public and private laboratories developed as part of Work Package 4 (WP4) of the Operating Unit 4 (OU 4 – SIAGRO) of the QUALIFU project (Qualità Alimentare e Funzionale), funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MIPAAF) (M. D.2087/7303/09).
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