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Data contained in FoodData Central can be downloaded. The download files are available both as an Excel-compatible CSV delimited ASCII file and in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).

View data type documentation for each of FoodData Central's data types. Documentation for the JSON format can be found through our API guide on SwaggerHub.

View Download Field Descriptions (PDF - 149K) for definitions of all the terms and labels used in the download files of FoodData Central. This guide is also included in each downloaded file.

Latest Downloads

Releases

Data TypeRelease DateDownload FileFile FormatZippedUnzipped
Foundation Foods04/2025download iconApril 2025 (JSON)
download iconApril 2025 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
452K
3.3M
6.3M
28M
SR Legacy04/2018download iconApril 2018 (JSON)
download iconApril 2018 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
12.3M
6.7M
205M
54M
FNDDS10/2024download iconFNDDS 2021-2023 (JSON)
download iconFNDDS 2021-2023 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
3.7M
200M
64M
1.6G
Branded04/2025download iconApril 2025 (JSON)
download iconApril 2025 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
195M
423M
3.1G
2.9G
Full Download of All Data Types04/2025download iconApril 2025 (CSV)CSV453M3.0G

Historical Downloads

Supporting Data

Starting in April 2023, all downloads now include the supporting data in every archive. The supporting data is only required for archives prior to the April 2023 release.

Data TypeRelease DateDownload FileFile FormatZippedUnzipped
Supporting Data10/2022download iconOctober 2022 (CSV)CSV952K16M
Supporting Data4/2022download iconApril 2022 (CSV)CSV1.1M17.6M
Supporting Data10/2021download iconOctober 2021 (CSV)CSV1.1M17.6M
Supporting Data4/2021download iconApril 2021 (CSV)CSV1.1M17.6M
Supporting Data10/2020download iconOctober 2020 (CSV)CSV1.1M17.6
Supporting Data4/2020download iconApril 2020 (CSV)CSV1.8M25M
Supporting Data12/2019download iconDecember 2019 (CSV)CSV210K291K
Supporting Data4/2019download iconApril 2019 (CSV)CSV212K548K

Releases

Data TypeRelease DateDownload FileFile FormatZippedUnzipped
Foundation Foods10/2024download iconOctober 2024 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2024 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
416K
3.1M
6M
26M
Foundation Foods04/2024download iconApril 2024 (JSON)
download iconApril 2024 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
416K
3.0M
5.7M
25M
Foundation Foods10/2023download iconOctober 2023 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2023 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
409K
2.9M
5.5M
24M
Foundation Foods4/2023download iconApril 2023 (JSON)
download iconApril 2023 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
391K
2.9M
5.2M
23M
Foundation Foods10/2022download iconOctober 2022 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2022 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
356K
2.4M
5.1M
22.6M
Foundation Foods4/2022download iconApril 2022 (JSON)
download iconApril 2022 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
356K
2.3M
5.1M
21M
Foundation Foods10/2021download iconOctober 2021 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2021 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
317K
2.1M
4.3M
19M
Foundation Foods4/2021download iconApril 2021 (CSV)CSV1.8M16M
Foundation Foods10/2020download iconOctober 2020 (CSV)CSV1.9M14M
Foundation Foods4/2020download iconApril 2020 (CSV)CSV2.3M14.2M
Foundation Foods12/2019download iconDecember 2019 (CSV)CSV1.8M13.2M
Foundation Foods4/2019download iconApril 2019 (CSV)CSV1.5M10.5M
FNDDS10/2022download iconFNDDS 2019-2020 (JSON)
download iconFNDDS 2019-2020 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
3.8M
4.3M
66.8M
41M
FNDDS10/2021download iconFNDDS 2017-2018 (JSON)
download iconFNDDS 2017-2018 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
4.2M
5M
84.3M
54M
FNDDS4/2020download iconFNDDS 2015-2016 (CSV)CSV5M41M
FNDDS4/2019download iconFNDDS 2013-2014 (CSV)CSV5M39M
Branded10/2024download iconOctober 2024 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2024 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
195M
420M
3.1G
2.9G
Branded04/2024download iconApril 2024 (JSON)
download iconApril 2024 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
176M
415M
3.1G
2.8G
Branded10/2023download iconOctober 2023 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2023 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
176M
439M
3.1G
3.1G
Branded4/2023download iconApril 2023 (JSON)
download iconApril 2023 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
176M
377M
2.8G
2.4G
Branded10/2022download iconOctober 2022 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2022 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
164M
342M
2.7G
480M
Branded4/2022download iconApril 2022 (JSON)
download iconApril 2022 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
163M
329M
2.6G
1.2G
Branded10/2021download iconOctober 2021 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2021 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
157M
313M
2.6G
2.2G
Branded4/2021download iconApril 2021 (CSV)CSV221M1.5G
Branded10/2020download iconOctober 2020 (CSV)CSV95M663M
Branded4/2020download iconApril 2020 version 2* (CSV)CSV70M487M
Branded12/2019download iconDecember 2019 (CSV)CSV68M430M
Branded4/2019download iconApril 2019 (CSV)CSV52M327.5M
Branded
(Before the Launch of FoodData Central)
7/2018download iconJuly 2018 (CSV)
download iconJuly 2018 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
38M
79M
272M
516M
Full Download of All Data Types10/2024download iconOctober 2024 (CSV)CSV449M3.0G
Full Download of All Data Types04/2024download iconApril 2024 (CSV)CSV440M2.9G
Full Download of All Data Types10/2023download iconOctober 2023 (CSV)CSV417M2.8G
Full Download of All Data Types4/2023download iconApril 2023 (CSV)CSV387M2.6G
Full Download of All Data Types10/2022download iconOctober 2022 (CSV)CSV377M1.7G
Full Download of All Data Types4/2022download iconApril 2022 (CSV)CSV342M2.1G
Full Download of All Data Types10/2021download iconOctober 2021 (CSV)
download iconOctober 2021 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
318M
101M
2.4G
1.1G
Full Download of All Data Types4/2021download iconApril 2021 (CSV)
download iconApril 2021 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
224M
160M
1.7G
920M
Full Download of All Data Types10/2020download iconOctober 2020 (CSV)
download iconOctober 2020 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
102M
269M
766M
1.7G
Full Download of All Data Types4/2020download iconApril 2020 version 2* (CSV)
download iconApril 2020 version 2* (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
83M
151M
620M
902M
Full Download of All Data Types12/2019download iconDecember 2019 (CSV)
download iconDecember 2019 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
69M
120M
469M
709M
Full Download of All Data Types4/2019download iconApril 2019 (CSV)
download iconApril 2019 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
61M
206M
416M
623M

Download Notes

  • The Access format has been discontinued as of October 2021. It is recommended to use the new file format, JSON, or to import CSV files from "Full Download of All Data Types" above to replace the tables within the Access format.
  • The October 2022 files contain the most recent data. These files were fixed to include some missing fields and were re-released on 12/8/2020.
  • The branded food and full download CSV archives from April 2020 to April 2022 have been re-released with corrections to the Nutrient ID column.
  • SR Legacy is the final release of the Standard Reference data type. These data will not be updated. Earlier versions of Standard Reference (i.e., SR 17 through 28) are available on the Methods and Application of Food Composition Laboratory (MAFCL) website.
  • The Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS) is updated every two years, in conjunction with the two-year cycles of the National Health and Nutri-tion Examination Survey. The October 15, 2020 date represents the date on which FNDDS 2017-2018 was published and made available for download in FoodData Central. Earlier releases can be found on the Food Surveys Research Group website.
  • The Full Download file contains files for all of the FoodData Central data types. Therefore, whenever a download for an individual data type is updated, the Full Download file also will be updated to include those new data. The Access file only contains the most recent version of products in the Branded Foods dataset. We recommend you use the API to access previous versions of Branded Food products.
  • April 2020* Version 2 includes corrections made on May 1, 2020 to branded foods data.

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