Dutch Nutrient File: Nutritional Values of Foods and Dishes in the Netherlands

A food composition table detailing the nutritional content of generic foods and dishes in the Netherlands. The dataset is published by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license. Nutritional values are provided per 100 grams of edible product and were sourced from laboratory analysis, producer data, ingredient assessments, and foreign food tables.

Use Cases

• Calculate dietary intake and nutrient profiles based on detailed macronutrient and micronutrient data.
• Develop nutritional databases for recipe analysis and meal planning applications.
• Conduct comparative studies on food composition using data from generic, non-brand-specific foods.
• Support public health research and policy by analyzing the nutritional landscape of foods available in the Netherlands.

Strengths

• Provides detailed nutritional breakdowns including macronutrients, fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals.
• Focuses on generic foods, which may offer a stable baseline for analysis without brand-specific variation.
• Data is compiled from multiple authoritative sources: laboratory analysis, producer information, ingredient assessment, and international tables.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, with more information available on the RIVM website.

Collection Method

Nutritional values obtained through analysis, producer data, assessment based on product ingredients, and takeovers from foreign food tables.

Time Range

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Freshness

The most up-to-date version is maintained online, but a specific last updated date is not provided.

Geography

Netherlands