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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 - 300K) 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 Type Release Date Download File File Format Zipped Unzipped
Foundation Foods 10/2023 download iconOctober 2023 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2023 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
409K
2.9M
5.5M
24M
SR Legacy 4/2018 download iconApril 2018 (JSON)
download iconApril 2018 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
12.3M
6.7M
205M
54M
FNDDS 10/2022 download iconFNDDS 2019-2020 (JSON)
download iconFNDDS 2019-2020 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
3.8M
4.3M
66.8M
41M
Branded 10/2023 download iconOctober 2023 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2023 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
176M
439M
3.1G
3.1G
Full Download of All Data Types 10/2023 download iconOctober 2023 (CSV) CSV 417M 2.8G

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 Type Release Date Download File File Format Zipped Unzipped
Supporting Data 10/2022 download iconOctober 2022 (CSV) CSV 952K 16M
Supporting Data 4/2022 download iconApril 2022 (CSV) CSV 1.1M 17.6M
Supporting Data 10/2021 download iconOctober 2021 (CSV) CSV 1.1M 17.6M
Supporting Data 4/2021 download iconApril 2021 (CSV) CSV 1.1M 17.6M
Supporting Data 10/2020 download iconOctober 2020 (CSV) CSV 1.1M 17.6
Supporting Data 4/2020 download iconApril 2020 (CSV) CSV 1.8M 25M
Supporting Data 12/2019 download iconDecember 2019 (CSV) CSV 210K 291K
Supporting Data 4/2019 download iconApril 2019 (CSV) CSV 212K 548K

Releases

Data Type Release Date Download File File Format Zipped Unzipped
Foundation Foods 4/2023 download iconApril 2023 (JSON)
download iconApril 2023 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
391K
2.9M
5.2M
23M
Foundation Foods 10/2022 download iconOctober 2022 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2022 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
356K
2.4M
5.1M
22.6M
Foundation Foods 4/2022 download iconApril 2022 (JSON)
download iconApril 2022 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
356K
2.3M
5.1M
21M
Foundation Foods 10/2021 download iconOctober 2021 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2021 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
317K
2.1M
4.3M
19M
Foundation Foods 4/2021 download iconApril 2021 (CSV) CSV 1.8M 16M
Foundation Foods 10/2020 download iconOctober 2020 (CSV) CSV 1.9M 14M
Foundation Foods 4/2020 download iconApril 2020 (CSV) CSV 2.3M 14.2M
Foundation Foods 12/2019 download iconDecember 2019 (CSV) CSV 1.8M 13.2M
Foundation Foods 4/2019 download iconApril 2019 (CSV) CSV 1.5M 10.5M
FNDDS 10/2021 download iconFNDDS 2017-2018 (JSON)
download iconFNDDS 2017-2018 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
4.2M
5M
84.3M
54M
FNDDS 4/2020 download iconFNDDS 2015-2016 (CSV) CSV 5M 41M
FNDDS 4/2019 download iconFNDDS 2013-2014 (CSV) CSV 5M 39M
Branded 4/2023 download iconApril 2023 (JSON)
download iconApril 2023 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
176M
377M
2.8G
2.4G
Branded 10/2022 download iconOctober 2022 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2022 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
164M
342M
2.7G
480M
Branded 4/2022 download iconApril 2022 (JSON)
download iconApril 2022 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
163M
329M
2.6G
1.2G
Branded 10/2021 download iconOctober 2021 (JSON)
download iconOctober 2021 (CSV)
JSON
CSV
157M
313M
2.6G
2.2G
Branded 4/2021 download iconApril 2021 (CSV) CSV 221M 1.5G
Branded 10/2020 download iconOctober 2020 (CSV) CSV 95M 663M
Branded 4/2020 download iconApril 2020 version 2* (CSV) CSV 70M 487M
Branded 12/2019 download iconDecember 2019 (CSV) CSV 68M 430M
Branded 4/2019 download iconApril 2019 (CSV) CSV 52M 327.5M
Branded
(Before the Launch of FoodData Central)
7/2018 download iconJuly 2018 (CSV)
download iconJuly 2018 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
38M
79M
272M
516M
Full Download of All Data Types 4/2023 download iconApril 2023 (CSV) CSV 387M 2.6G
Full Download of All Data Types 10/2022 download iconOctober 2022 (CSV) CSV 377M 1.7G
Full Download of All Data Types 4/2022 download iconApril 2022 (CSV) CSV 342M 2.1G
Full Download of All Data Types 10/2021 download iconOctober 2021 (CSV)
download iconOctober 2021 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
318M
101M
2.4G
1.1G
Full Download of All Data Types 4/2021 download iconApril 2021 (CSV)
download iconApril 2021 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
224M
160M
1.7G
920M
Full Download of All Data Types 10/2020 download iconOctober 2020 (CSV)
download iconOctober 2020 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
102M
269M
766M
1.7G
Full Download of All Data Types 4/2020 download iconApril 2020 version 2* (CSV)
download iconApril 2020 version 2* (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
83M
151M
620M
902M
Full Download of All Data Types 12/2019 download iconDecember 2019 (CSV)
download iconDecember 2019 (MS Access)
CSV
MS Access
69M
120M
469M
709M
Full Download of All Data Types 4/2019 download 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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